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Mosquito-dispensed waveguides in cavities on 3D-MIDs

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Authors

  • Laura Fütterer
  • Christian Zander
  • Ejvind Olsen
  • Keno Pflieger
  • Andreas Evertz
  • Stefan Kaierle
  • Ludger Overmeyer

External Research Organisations

  • Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 15th International Congress Mechatronic Integration Discourse (MID)
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (electronic)979-8-3503-7473-5
ISBN (print)979-8-3503-7474-2
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jun 2023
Event15th International Congress Mechatronic Integration Discourse, MID 2023 - Amberg, Germany
Duration: 21 Jun 202322 Jun 2023

Abstract

3D-Mechatronic Integrated Devices (3D-MID) offer unique opportunities for combining and integrating electronic, optical, and mechanical functions on three-dimensional substrates to overcome the limitations of planar printed circuit boards. This paper presents an innovative fabrication process for integrating polymer optical waveguides onto 3D-MIDs to enable the transmission of optical signals in addition to electrical transmission. Using the Mosquito process, an optical waveguide core is wet-in-wet injected into the liquid cladding polymer. Therefore, a microdispensing needle is inserted into non-cured UV-cladding material, and a liquid core polymer is injected during relative motion. Finally, both materials are cured at once using UV radiation. Waveguides with different core diameters, single-to multimode, are possible to fabricate using this method. Concepts for optical connection of the waveguides to corresponding light sources and photodetectors are presented, enabling 3D-MID as electro-optical hybrid components. The entire process chain offers high flexibility and forms the basis for the fabrication and integration of polymer optical waveguides on three-dimensional components.

Keywords

    additive manufacturing, end facet preparation, MID technology, mosquito method, optical interconnects, polymer optical waveguides

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Mosquito-dispensed waveguides in cavities on 3D-MIDs. / Fütterer, Laura; Zander, Christian; Olsen, Ejvind et al.
2023 15th International Congress Mechatronic Integration Discourse (MID). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023.

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Fütterer, L, Zander, C, Olsen, E, Pflieger, K, Evertz, A, Hohenhoff, G, Jaschke, P, Kaierle, S & Overmeyer, L 2023, Mosquito-dispensed waveguides in cavities on 3D-MIDs. in 2023 15th International Congress Mechatronic Integration Discourse (MID). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 15th International Congress Mechatronic Integration Discourse, MID 2023, Amberg, Germany, 21 Jun 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/MID59615.2023.10461322
Fütterer, L., Zander, C., Olsen, E., Pflieger, K., Evertz, A., Hohenhoff, G., Jaschke, P., Kaierle, S., & Overmeyer, L. (2023). Mosquito-dispensed waveguides in cavities on 3D-MIDs. In 2023 15th International Congress Mechatronic Integration Discourse (MID) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/MID59615.2023.10461322
Fütterer L, Zander C, Olsen E, Pflieger K, Evertz A, Hohenhoff G et al. Mosquito-dispensed waveguides in cavities on 3D-MIDs. In 2023 15th International Congress Mechatronic Integration Discourse (MID). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023 doi: 10.1109/MID59615.2023.10461322
Fütterer, Laura ; Zander, Christian ; Olsen, Ejvind et al. / Mosquito-dispensed waveguides in cavities on 3D-MIDs. 2023 15th International Congress Mechatronic Integration Discourse (MID). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023.
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