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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 16, Issue 6, Pages 3490-3495Publisher
Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.003490
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Photo-patternable GeO2-contained organic-inorganic hybrid films, which can be used for the low cost and mass production of integrated photonic circuits, were synthesized by combining a low-temperature sol-gel process with a spin-coating technique. Optical waveguide properties and photochemical activities of the hybrid sol-gel films were characterized and monitored by a prism coupling technique and a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Advantages for fabrication of ridge structures based on the hybrid films were demonstrated by one-step spin-coating process followed by direct ultraviolet light irradiation. The results indicate that the as-prepared photo-patternable hybrid materials have great applicability for the fabrication of photonic components, and the fabrication process has the advantages of cost-effect and very short processing time over inorganic materials patterning methods. (c) 2008 Optical Society of America.
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