Abstract
In this paper, a thiol-ene based polymer waveguide, defined by UV-assisted soft lithography, is designed, fabricated and
characterized. Waveguides are formed by filling microfluidic channels with a high refractive index liquid mixture of ‘thiol’
and ‘ene’ monomers (e.g., trimethylolpropane tris(3-mercaptopropionate) = ‘thiol’, and
1,3,5-triallyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione = ‘ene’), which can be cured by UV exposure into a solid polymer. The
waveguides demonstrated good confinement of light, and a propagation loss of 0.5 dB/cm was obtained. To our best
knowledge, this is the first report to employ thiol-ene based polymers as waveguide core materials for potential optofluidic
applications.
characterized. Waveguides are formed by filling microfluidic channels with a high refractive index liquid mixture of ‘thiol’
and ‘ene’ monomers (e.g., trimethylolpropane tris(3-mercaptopropionate) = ‘thiol’, and
1,3,5-triallyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione = ‘ene’), which can be cured by UV exposure into a solid polymer. The
waveguides demonstrated good confinement of light, and a propagation loss of 0.5 dB/cm was obtained. To our best
knowledge, this is the first report to employ thiol-ene based polymers as waveguide core materials for potential optofluidic
applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences |
| Publication date | 2011 |
| Pages | 1989-1991 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Event | 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences - Seattle, United States Duration: 2 Oct 2011 → 6 Oct 2011 Conference number: 15 https://microtasconferences.org/microtas2011/ |
Conference
| Conference | 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences |
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| Number | 15 |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Seattle |
| Period | 02/10/2011 → 06/10/2011 |
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Keywords
- Thiol-ene
- Polymer waveguide
- Optofluidics