Method of Formation of Waveguides on the Basis of Any Polymeric Materials

Valentin Tsvetkov^1*, Sergei Pasechnik¹, Aleksei Dronov², Jacob Y. L. Ho³, Vladimir Chigrinov³, Hoi-Sei Kwok³

¹Problem Laboratory of Molecular Acoustics, Moscow State University of Instrument Engineering and Computer Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
²National Research University of Electronic Technology, Moscow, Zelenograd, Russia.
³State Key Laboratory on Advanced Displays and Optoelectronics Technologies, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.

DOI: 10.4236/wjnse.2015.54022                

Abstract

This paper describes a new type of polymeric waveguides which has the core, cladding medium and active nodes made from the same material. Part of the polymer is removed in cladding medium by formation of nanopores. The pores can be filled with liquid crystals (LC) in order to create an active composite medium needed for electrically controlled nodes formation.

Keywords

Polymeric Materials, Nanopores, Waveguides, Optical

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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