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Polydimethylsiloxane multimode optical channel waveguides doped with yellow dye fabricated by microdispensing

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The paper reports on the properties of polydimethylsiloxane bulk samples and optical multimode channel waveguides doped with yellow dye fabricated by the microdispensing method. The spectral characteristics of the doped polymer bulk samples showed that the transmission of the edge of the spectra shifted towards longer wavelengths and significantly increased the absorption. The refractive index measured by dark mode spectroscopy did not confirm any change in the refractive index depending on the amount of the dye. The optical losses of the channel waveguides were measured by the cut-back method. The measurement showed that the waveguides with the dye-doped core containing 0.01 wt% of the dye had the lowest losses at 850 and 1300 nm, where the average losses were −1.18 dB (at 850 nm) and − 1.06 dB (at 1300 nm). In comparison with undoped samples, dye-doping caused an increase in optical losses by 0.5–1.0 dB/cm.

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The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author V. Prajzler. The data are not publicly available due to restrictions, e.g., their containing information that could compromise the privacy of research participants.

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This work was supported by the CTU Grant No. SGS23/181/OHK3/3T/13 as well as by the Centre of Advanced Applied Natural Sciences, Reg. No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16 019/0000778, supported by the Operational Programme Research, Development and Education, co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds and the state budget of the Czech Republic and by the specific UCT university research funding, grant No: A1 FCHT 2023 008. The authors thank Karsten Winters from BASF Lampertheim GmbH for technical support.

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  1. Department of Microelectronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technická 2, 166 27, Prague, Czech Republic

    Václav Prajzler & Matej Latečka

  2. Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague, Czech Republic

    Petr Vařák & Pavla Nekvindová

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VP and ML have conceived and designed the experiments; ML have performed the experiments; VP, PV and PN have analysed the data and written the paper.

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Prajzler, V., Latečka, M., Vařák, P. et al. Polydimethylsiloxane multimode optical channel waveguides doped with yellow dye fabricated by microdispensing. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1907 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11324-7

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