Process for producing polymer optical waveguide

Details Process for producing polymer optical waveguide Process for producing polymer optical waveguide

2005-11-08

2005-11-08

Healy, Brian (Department: 2883)

Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes

Optical article shaping or treating

C264S001240, C385S129000, C385S130000

Reexamination Certificate

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06962667

ABSTRACT:
A process for producing a polymer optical waveguide including the steps of: preparing a mold by applying a mold-forming resin layer onto a master template, peeling the layer from the master template to obtain a template, and cutting both ends of the template to expose a concave portion; bringing the mold into close contact with a film used for a cladding layer; introducing, by capillarity, a UV-curable resin or heat-curable resin by contacting the resin with one end of the mold; curing the introduced resin and removing the mold from the film; and forming a cladding layer on film on which the core has been formed, wherein a sectional area, a sectional shape, or both of a sectional area and a sectional shape of the core changes in a longitudinal direction of the core, and both end faces of the core have different areas.

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