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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 46, Issue 21, Pages 5437-5440Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OL.435052
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- European Research Council [694977]
- H2020 Industrial Leadership [779472]
- Laserlab-Europe [871124]
- European Research Council (ERC) [694977] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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Light induced self-written waveguides (LISWs) with unique elongation characteristics and low optical loss are formed in a monodispersed polyisoprene solution using a low-power laser photopolymerization process. These waveguides exhibit rubbery properties, allowing significant optical transmission while being extended from 400% to 800%, and sustaining low propagation losses even at stressed lengths longer than 500 µm.
Light induced self-written waveguides (LISWs) with unique elongation characteristics and low optical loss are formed in a monodispersed polyisoprene solution using a low-power laser photopolymerization process, while their light transmission characteristics are exemplified in the flexible interconnection of two single-mode optical fibers operating in the visible/near infrared wavelengths. The LISWs formed exhibit rubbery properties, allowing extensibilities upon cases from 400% to 800%, while still retaining significant optical transmission. The rubber elasticity enables sustaining LISWs at stressed lengths longer than 500 mu m propagation losses from 1.0 to 2.9 dB/mm. (C) 2021 Optical Society of America
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