Di-block co-polymer derived nanoporous polymer liquid core waveguides

Mads Brøkner Christiansen; Nimi Gopalakrishnan; Kaushal Shashikant Sagar; Sokol Ndoni; Anders Kristensen

doi:10.1117/12.860805

Di-block co-polymer derived nanoporous polymer liquid core waveguides

Mads Brøkner Christiansen, Nimi Gopalakrishnan, Kaushal Shashikant Sagar, Sokol Ndoni, Anders Kristensen

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Nanoporous liquid core waveguides are fabricated by selectively UV modifying a nanoporous polymer. The starting point is a diblock polymer where 1,2-polybutadiene (PB) molecules are bound to PDMS. When the PB is cross linked it self-assembles into PB with a network of 14 nm diameter PDMS filled pores. When the PDMS is etched, the hydrophobic PB is left with a porosity of 44%. The polymer is subsequently UV exposed through a shadow mask. This renders the exposed part hydrophilic, making it possible for water to infiltrate these areas. Water infiltration raises the refractive index, thus forming a liquid core waveguide. Here we present both the fabrication scheme and characterization results for the waveguides.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	7764
Publisher	SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering
Publication date	2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860805
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, and Devices VII - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 3 Aug 2010 → 4 Aug 2010

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Conference	Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, and Devices VII
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	03/08/2010 → 04/08/2010

Keywords

Liquid core waveguides
UV surface modification
Self assembly
Nanoprous polymers

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Christiansen, MB, Gopalakrishnan, N, Sagar, KS, Ndoni, S & Kristensen, A 2010, Di-block co-polymer derived nanoporous polymer liquid core waveguides. in Proceedings of SPIE. vol. 7764, SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, and Devices VII, San Diego, CA, United States, 03/08/2010. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860805

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