Fluoropolymer compositions, optical devices, and methods for fabricating optical devices
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United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G02B-006/10
C08G-010/02
출원번호
US-0943644
(2001-08-30)
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/ 주소
Smith, Dennis W.
Ballato, John
Foulger, Stephen
Manthati, Suresh Kumar
출원인 / 주소
Clemson University
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Dority &
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초록▼
Optical waveguides interconnect optical information processing devices, or connect such devices with other optical communication links such as glass optical fibers. Fluoropolymers consisting of alternating perfluorocyclobutane and aryl ether linkages possess suitable properties for optical waveguide
Optical waveguides interconnect optical information processing devices, or connect such devices with other optical communication links such as glass optical fibers. Fluoropolymers consisting of alternating perfluorocyclobutane and aryl ether linkages possess suitable properties for optical waveguides and other devices due to tunability in optical properties of the copolymers. Perfluorocyclobutane (PFCB) copolymer may be employed in solutions that exhibit a high solids content. Such solutions show useful physical properties for optical waveguide devices since the solutions are capable of achieving single step film thicknesses, when applied to a substrate, of greater than about 0.6 microns, and sometimes may achieve a thickness of 10 microns or more.
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1. A method of making an optical device, comprising:(a) providing a perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer composition having a solids content of greater than 50%, (b) coating the perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer composition upon a substrate to form a first film, (c) thermally curing the first film
1. A method of making an optical device, comprising:(a) providing a perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer composition having a solids content of greater than 50%, (b) coating the perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer composition upon a substrate to form a first film, (c) thermally curing the first film to form a thermoset film, in which the thermoset film comprises a substantially transparent polymeric core of an optical waveguide, and (d) coating a second composition on the outer surface of the first film to form a second film, in which the second film is a clad of the optical waveguide. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the second composition comprises a second perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer.3. The method of claim 1 in which the coating steps are accomplished by spin coating.4. The method of claim 1 in which the perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer composition is applied to the substrate in a solution having at least about 60% solids by weight.5. The method of claim 1 in which the perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer composition is applied to the substrate in a solution having at least about 70% solids by weight.6. The method of claim 1 in which the cured first film comprises a thickness of at least about 1 micron.7. The method of claim 1 in which the cured first film comprises a thickness of at least about 2 microns.8. The method of claim 1 in which the cured first film comprises a thickness of at least about 3 microns.9. The method of claim 1, wherein the thickness of the thermoset film is between about 10 and about 50 microns.10. A method of making an optical device, comprising:providing a first perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer composition, spin coating the first perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer composition upon a substrate to form a first film, wherein the first film forms a substantially transparent polymeric core, providing a second perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer composition comprising a second perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer different than the first perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer, and spin coating the second perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer composition upon the first film to form a second film, wherein the second film forms a polymeric clad. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first film and the second film are each about at least about 10 microns thick.12. The method of claim 10, wherein the first and second copolymer compositions comprise perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymers having the structural formula: wherein Ar does not equal Ar′, wherein z is greater than or equal to 2, and wherein x and y each are greater than or equal to 1, respectively. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein at least one of Ar or Ar′ is a trifluorovinyl aromatic ether.14. The method of claim 12, wherein the Ar and the Ar′ groups each comprise substituted or nonsubstituted aryls selected from the group consisting of: 15. An optical device constructed by the method of:(a) providing a perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer composition having a solids content of greater than 50%, (b) spin coating the perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer composition upon a substrate to form a first film, wherein the first film forms a core for an optical device having a cured film thickness of at least about 0.6 microns, and (c) spin coating a second composition on the outer surface of the first film to form a second film, in which the second film is a clad of the optical device. 16. The optical device of claim 15, wherein the second film comprises a second thermoset perfluorocyclobutyl-based copolymer, wherein the second film is a clad for the optical device having a cured film thickness of at least about 0.6 microns.17. The optical device of claim 16, wherein the first film and the second film each have a thickness of at least about 5 microns.18. The optical device of claim 16, wherein the first film and the second film each have a thickness of at least about 10 microns.19. The optical device of claim 16, wherein the first film and the second film each have a thickness between about 10 and about 50 microns.
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