Design and fabrication of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) arrayed waveguide grating

Opt Express. 2010 Oct 11;18(21):21732-42. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.021732.

Abstract

We have designed, fabricated and characterized poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) with four-channel output for operation in the visible light wavelength range. The PDMS AWG was realized based on the single-mode PDMS rib waveguide. The device was designed for 1 nm channel spacing with the wavelength ranging from 639 to 644 nm. The measured insertion loss is 11.4 dB at the peak transmission spectrum and the adjacent crosstalk is less than -16 dB. The AWG device occupies an area of 7.5 × 15 mm(2). PDMS AWG has the potential for integration with microfluidics in a monolithic PDMS lab-on-a-chip device for visible light spectroscopy applications.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Simulation
  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes / chemistry*
  • Light
  • Microchip Analytical Procedures*
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques*
  • Microfluidics
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Optics and Photonics
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes
  • Polymers
  • baysilon