Monolithic waveguide arrays
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1. A method of fabricating a waveguide array, the method comprising:
- providing a photoreactive material;
generating an optical intensity pattern corresponding to a geometry of the waveguide array;
effecting a relative translation of the photoreactive material through the optical intensity pattern; and
thereafter, rendering the photoreactive material substantially unreactive to light at at least a wavelength of the optical intensity pattern.
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Abstract
A waveguide array is fabricated by providing a photoreactive material and generating an optical intensity pattern corresponding to a geometry of the waveguide array. A relative translation of the photoreactive material is effected through the optical intensity pattern. Thereafter, the photoreactive material is rendered substantially unreactive to light at at least a wavelength of the optical intensity pattern.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of fabricating a waveguide array, the method comprising:
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providing a photoreactive material; generating an optical intensity pattern corresponding to a geometry of the waveguide array; effecting a relative translation of the photoreactive material through the optical intensity pattern; and thereafter, rendering the photoreactive material substantially unreactive to light at at least a wavelength of the optical intensity pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of fabricating a waveguide array, the method comprising:
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providing a photoreactive polymer precursor in a structure substantially transparent at a wavelength reactive with the photoreactive polymer precursor; generating light with a spatially incoherent light source; filtering the generated light with a mask having a portion substantially opaque to the wavelength and a portion substantially transparent to the wavelength; focusing the filtered light within the photoreactive polymer precursor as an optical intensity pattern; maintaining the optical intensity pattern in a substantially fixed spatial location; moving the structure to translate the photoreactive polymer precursor through the fixed spatial location; and thereafter, exposing the photoreactive polymer precursor to a substantially uniform light to cure the photoreactive polymer precursor. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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