Thermoforming of planar polymer optical waveguides for integrated optics in smart packaging materials

Thermoforming of planar polymer optical waveguides for integrated optics in smart packaging materials

The innovations in smart packaging will open up a wide range of opportunities in the future. This work describes the processing of additive manufactured and planar integrated polymer optical waveguides for use in smart packaging products. The previously published combination of flexographic and Aero...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of materials processing technology 2020-11, Vol.285, p.116763, Article 116763
Hauptverfasser: Hoffmann, G.-A., Wienke, A., Reitberger, T., Franke, J., Kaierle, S., Overmeyer, L.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Additive manufacturing
Integrated optics
Jet printing
Optical waveguides
Packaging
Polymer optical waveguides
Polymers
Printing
Smart packaging
Thermoforming
Wave attenuation
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Zusammenfassung:The innovations in smart packaging will open up a wide range of opportunities in the future. This work describes the processing of additive manufactured and planar integrated polymer optical waveguides for use in smart packaging products. The previously published combination of flexographic and Aerosol Jet printing is complemented by thermoforming and thus creates three-dimensional integrated multimode waveguides with optical attenuation of 1.9 dB/cm ± 0.1 dB/cm @ 638 nm. These properties will be the basis to develop smart applications in packaging materials.
ISSN:0924-0136
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DOI:10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2020.116763