Description:
Princeton Docket # 11-2657
Charcogenide glass materials exhibit a variety of optical
properties that make them desirable for near- and mid-infrared communications
and sensing applications. However,
processing limitations for these photorefractive materials have made the direct
integration of waveguides with sources or detectors challenging. Present methods of waveguide
fabrication, including fiber drawing, direct write, and chemical etch or dry
etch, can only reliably produce waveguide on flat substrates.
Researchers
at Princeton University have developed multiple solution-based soft lithography
methods for patterning and
integrating chalcogenide glass structures onto both flat and curved
substrates. These methods form a
suite of processes that can be applied to chalcogenide materials to create a
diverse array of 2D or 3D mid-IR optical and photonic structures ranging from
<5 to 10¿s of mm in dimension.
Applications
·
For
waveguide fabrication
-
On
curved or flat substrates
-
To
create 2D or 3D structures
·
To
simplify integration of components in various
configurations
Advantages
·
Greater
design freedom
·
Higher
manufacture flexibility
·
3D
accessibility
·
Low
cost
·
Large
area coverage
Publications
C.
Tsay, Y. Zha, and C. B. Arnold. Solution-processed chalcogenide glass for
integrated single-mode mid-infrared waveguides. Opt. Exp. 18, 26744-26753
(2010)
C.
Tsay, E. Mujagic, C. K. Madsen, C. Gmachl, and C. B. Arnold. Mid-Infrared
characterization of solution processed As2S3 chalcogenide glass waveguides. Opt. Exp. 18, 15523-15530
(2010)
Inventor
Craig
Arnold is
Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
and Associate Director of Academic Affairs in the Princeton Institute for
Science and Technology of Materials.
His
research primarily focuses on laser processing and transport in materials with
particular emphasis on shaping laser-material interactions. Among many
awards and honors Professor Arnold has won are the ONR Young Investigators Award
(2005) and NSF Career Award (2006).
Intellectual
Property status
Patent protection is pending.