Integrated polymer micro-ball lenses for two-dimensional divergence reduction of light from single-mode optical waveguides

L. Chang; M. Dijkstra; René M de Ridder; K. Wörhoff; V. Subramaniam; Johannes S Kanger

Integrated polymer micro-ball lenses for two-dimensional divergence reduction of light from single-mode optical waveguides

L. Chang
, M. Dijkstra
, René M de Ridder
, K. Wörhoff
, V. Subramaniam
, Johannes S Kanger

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Reduction of the divergence angle of a beam coupled out from an optical waveguide is desired in many applications. Collimation in one dimension has been demonstrated, see e.g. [1-3] However, for some applications such as on-chip optical coherence tomography (OCT) or Raman spectroscopy [4,5], it is necessary to produce a light beam that is collimated in two dimensions in order to increase the efficiency of chip-sample coupling. In our previous work [6], we have designed a fabrication procedure of a direct on-chip reflowed polymer micro-ball lens to enable light collimation in both, horizontal and vertical directions. In this work, we realized the complete design, optical characterization and demonstrate the feasibility of mass production.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference
Publisher	Optical Society of America (OSA)
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467374750
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015 - Munich, Germany Duration: 21 Jun 2015 → 25 Jun 2015

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Conference	2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	21/06/15 → 25/06/15

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Chang, L., Dijkstra, M., de Ridder, R. M., Wörhoff, K., Subramaniam, V., & Kanger, J. S. (2015). Integrated polymer micro-ball lenses for two-dimensional divergence reduction of light from single-mode optical waveguides. In Proceedings 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference Optical Society of America (OSA). https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=cleo_europe-2015-CK_14_1

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Integrated polymer micro-ball lenses for two-dimensional divergence reduction of light from single-mode optical waveguides. / Chang, L.; Dijkstra, M.; de Ridder, René M et al.
Proceedings 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference. Optical Society of America (OSA), 2015.

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