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Appl Opt. 2013 Oct 20;52(30):7228-32. doi: 10.1364/AO.52.007228.

Fabrication of channel waveguides in dye-doped polymer films by a beam-processing machine based on photo induced bleaching.

Applied optics

Amin Azari, Ezedin Mohajerani, Zahra Abedi, Zahra Eslami

PMID: 24216576 DOI: 10.1364/AO.52.007228

Abstract

Irreversible changes in the refractive index of a dye-doped polymer film by photo induced bleaching were measured with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The decrease in the refractive index of the film for various laser powers and various radiation times has been investigated. A beam-processing machine with two simultaneous outputs has been designed to make use of this change in the refractive index to fabricate a channel waveguide. This method is simple and one step, and does not involve any solvent or mask; and also due to photobleaching, the pattern is not reversible.

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