Improving partial wetting resolution on flexible substrates for application of polymer optical waveguides

Kategorien Zeitschriften/Aufsätze (reviewed)
Jahr 2017
Autoren Hoffmann, G.-A.; Wolfer, T.; Reitberger, T.; Franke, J.; Suttmann, O.; Overmeyer, L.
Veröffentlicht in Optical Engineering, 56(10), 103109, SPIE.
Beschreibung

Considering the increasing amount of data for communication and infotainment applications, fabrication of optical networks and bus systems is a challenging task for production engineering. A two-step manufacturing process for polymer optical waveguides is presented. By improving the highly efficient flexographic printing technology by laser functionalization of the printing tool in combination with a subsequent spray application, high-quality waveguides are accomplished...

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DOI 10.1117/1.OE.56.10.103109