Accelerated aging of tunable thermo-optic polymer planar waveguide devices made of fluorinated acrylates

Constantina Poga; MacRae Maxfield; Lawrence W. Shacklette; Robert Blomquist; George K. Boudoughian

doi:10.1117/12.408495

29 November 2000 Accelerated aging of tunable thermo-optic polymer planar waveguide devices made of fluorinated acrylates

Constantina Poga, MacRae Maxfield, Lawrence W. Shacklette, Robert Blomquist, George K. Boudoughian

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Proceedings Volume 4106, Linear, Nonlinear, and Power-Limiting Organics; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.408495
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Planar wave guide device components, made from photocurable fluoroacrylates, demonstrated stability under conditions that exceed those needed to operate planar polymer thermo- optic switches. Fluoroacrylate polymers exhibited negligible decomposition at 200 degree(s)C. Insertion loss and polarization-dependent loss showed no increase at temperatures up to 257 degree(s)C. The reflected spectrum of a Bragg grating showed no monotonic change in (lambda) _B, width, or strength in 105 days at 125 degree(s)C. Humidity changes from 0 to 90%RH caused a reversible blue shift in (lambda) _B of only 0.00004. Light flux of 130mW exhibited no impact on n, (delta) n, or IL. Heaters showed no degradation at 85 degree(s)C/85%RH. Bonding to substrate, heaters, and pigtails remained intact throughout the testing.

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Constantina Poga, MacRae Maxfield, Lawrence W. Shacklette, Robert Blomquist, and George K. Boudoughian "Accelerated aging of tunable thermo-optic polymer planar waveguide devices made of fluorinated acrylates", Proc. SPIE 4106, Linear, Nonlinear, and Power-Limiting Organics, (29 November 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.408495

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