Flexible Light-Induced Self-Written Optical Waveguide Using Gel Material

Ryo Futawatari; Hidetaka Terasawa; Okihiro Sugihara

doi:10.20965/jrm.2022.p0322

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JRM Vol.34 No.2 pp. 322-324

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2022.p0322

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Flexible Light-Induced Self-Written Optical Waveguide Using Gel Material

Ryo Futawatari, Hidetaka Terasawa, and Okihiro Sugihara

Utsunomiya University
7-1-2 Yoto, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321-8585, Japan

Received:

September 20, 2021

Accepted:

November 19, 2021

Published:

April 20, 2022

Keywords:

optical interconnection, LISW optical waveguide, gel material

Abstract

For in-vehicle optical communication systems, an air gap exists between two plastic optical fibers (POFs) to avoid damage to the POF end due to vibrations. There exists the disadvantage that a loss occurs in air gaps. To solve the issue of high-loss optical coupling, in this study, we designed a light-induced self-written (LISW) optical waveguide between POFs using gel material. It was demonstrated that the two optical fibers were automatically interconnected through the LISW optical waveguide, and the connection maintained the adhesiveness against mechanical displacement.

The photograph of LISW optical waveguide

Cite this article as:

R. Futawatari, H. Terasawa, and O. Sugihara, “Flexible Light-Induced Self-Written Optical Waveguide Using Gel Material,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.34 No.2, pp. 322-324, 2022.

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[7] [7] H. Terasawa and O. Sugihara, “Near-Infrared Self-Written Optical Waveguides for Fiber-to-Chip Self-Coupling,” J. Lightwave Technol., Vol.39, Issue 23, pp. 7472-7478, 2021.