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Laser-induced-forward-transfer: a rapid prototyping tool for fabrication of photonic devices

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We propose a rapid prototyping method for the fabrication of optical waveguides based on the direct laser-printing method of ultrafast Laser-Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT) followed by further processing. The method was implemented for the fabrication of titanium in-diffused lithium niobate channel waveguides and X-couplers by LIFT-depositing titanium metal followed by diffusion. Propagation loss as low as 0.8 dB/cm was measured in preliminary experiments.

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  1. Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

    C. L. Sones, K. S. Kaur, D. P. Banks, Y. J. Ying, R. W. Eason & S. Mailis

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Sones, C.L., Kaur, K.S., Ganguly, P. et al. Laser-induced-forward-transfer: a rapid prototyping tool for fabrication of photonic devices. Appl. Phys. A 101, 333–338 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-5827-5

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