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Optical Thin Films Fabrication Techniques—Towards a Low-Cost Solution for the Integrated Photonic Platform: A Review of the Current Status
In the past few decades, several methods concerning optical thin films have been established to facilitate the development of integrated optics. This paper provides a brief depiction of different techniques for implementing optical waveguide thin films that involve chemical, physical, and refractive...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9267219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35806715 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15134591 |
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author | Butt, Muhammad A. Tyszkiewicz, Cuma Karasiński, Paweł Zięba, Magdalena Kaźmierczak, Andrzej Zdończyk, Maria Duda, Łukasz Guzik, Malgorzata Olszewski, Jacek Martynkien, Tadeusz Bachmatiuk, Alicja Piramidowicz, Ryszard |
author_facet | Butt, Muhammad A. Tyszkiewicz, Cuma Karasiński, Paweł Zięba, Magdalena Kaźmierczak, Andrzej Zdończyk, Maria Duda, Łukasz Guzik, Malgorzata Olszewski, Jacek Martynkien, Tadeusz Bachmatiuk, Alicja Piramidowicz, Ryszard |
author_sort | Butt, Muhammad A. |
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description | In the past few decades, several methods concerning optical thin films have been established to facilitate the development of integrated optics. This paper provides a brief depiction of different techniques for implementing optical waveguide thin films that involve chemical, physical, and refractive index modification methods. Recent advances in these fabrication methods are also been presented. Most of the methods developed for the realization of the thin-films are quite efficient, but they are expensive and require sophisticated equipment. The major interest of the scientists is to develop simple and cost-effective methods for mass production of optical thin films resulting in the effective commercialization of the waveguide technology. Our research group is focused on developing a silica-titania optical waveguide platform via the sol-gel dip-coating method and implementing active and passive optical elements via the wet etching method. We are also exploring the possibility of using nanoimprint lithography (NIL) for patterning these films so that the fabrication process is efficient and economical. The recent developments of this platform are discussed. We believe that silica-titania waveguide technology developed via the sol-gel dip-coating method is highly attractive and economical, such that it can be commercialized for applications such as sensing and optical interconnects. |
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spelling | pubmed-92672192022-07-09 Optical Thin Films Fabrication Techniques—Towards a Low-Cost Solution for the Integrated Photonic Platform: A Review of the Current Status Butt, Muhammad A. Tyszkiewicz, Cuma Karasiński, Paweł Zięba, Magdalena Kaźmierczak, Andrzej Zdończyk, Maria Duda, Łukasz Guzik, Malgorzata Olszewski, Jacek Martynkien, Tadeusz Bachmatiuk, Alicja Piramidowicz, Ryszard Materials (Basel) Review In the past few decades, several methods concerning optical thin films have been established to facilitate the development of integrated optics. This paper provides a brief depiction of different techniques for implementing optical waveguide thin films that involve chemical, physical, and refractive index modification methods. Recent advances in these fabrication methods are also been presented. Most of the methods developed for the realization of the thin-films are quite efficient, but they are expensive and require sophisticated equipment. The major interest of the scientists is to develop simple and cost-effective methods for mass production of optical thin films resulting in the effective commercialization of the waveguide technology. Our research group is focused on developing a silica-titania optical waveguide platform via the sol-gel dip-coating method and implementing active and passive optical elements via the wet etching method. We are also exploring the possibility of using nanoimprint lithography (NIL) for patterning these films so that the fabrication process is efficient and economical. The recent developments of this platform are discussed. We believe that silica-titania waveguide technology developed via the sol-gel dip-coating method is highly attractive and economical, such that it can be commercialized for applications such as sensing and optical interconnects. MDPI 2022-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9267219/ /pubmed/35806715 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15134591 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Butt, Muhammad A. Tyszkiewicz, Cuma Karasiński, Paweł Zięba, Magdalena Kaźmierczak, Andrzej Zdończyk, Maria Duda, Łukasz Guzik, Malgorzata Olszewski, Jacek Martynkien, Tadeusz Bachmatiuk, Alicja Piramidowicz, Ryszard Optical Thin Films Fabrication Techniques—Towards a Low-Cost Solution for the Integrated Photonic Platform: A Review of the Current Status |
title | Optical Thin Films Fabrication Techniques—Towards a Low-Cost Solution for the Integrated Photonic Platform: A Review of the Current Status |
title_full | Optical Thin Films Fabrication Techniques—Towards a Low-Cost Solution for the Integrated Photonic Platform: A Review of the Current Status |
title_fullStr | Optical Thin Films Fabrication Techniques—Towards a Low-Cost Solution for the Integrated Photonic Platform: A Review of the Current Status |
title_full_unstemmed | Optical Thin Films Fabrication Techniques—Towards a Low-Cost Solution for the Integrated Photonic Platform: A Review of the Current Status |
title_short | Optical Thin Films Fabrication Techniques—Towards a Low-Cost Solution for the Integrated Photonic Platform: A Review of the Current Status |
title_sort | optical thin films fabrication techniques—towards a low-cost solution for the integrated photonic platform: a review of the current status |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9267219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35806715 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15134591 |
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