Article
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Fluorinated Poly(maleimide-co-methacrylate)s for Optical Waveguiding Materials
  • Kim WL, Han HS, Han KS, Jahng WS, Lee CJ, Park KH
  • 광도파로용 Fluorinated Poly(maleimide-co-methacrylate)s 의 합성과 특성
  • 김원래, 한학수, 한관수, 장웅상, 이철주, 박기홍
Abstract
The objective of this study is to obtain thermally stable and low optical loss polymers for optical waveguiding materials. The crosslinkable poly(maleimide-co-methacrylate)s were synthesized using a pentafluorophenylmaleimide (an optical loss reducer), two methacrylate derivatives (refractive index controllers), and a glycidylmethacrylate (a crosslinker). These copolymers exhibited good thermal stability and could be thermally crosslinked by heat treatment. The refractive indexes of the copolymers could be precisely controlled by the variation of comonomer feed ratio, which was in the range of 1.45∼1.49. These copolymers had very low birefringence of 6×10(-4)∼<1×10(-4). These copolymers were crosslinked by contact printing and then developed by wet etching to obtain high quality waveguide pattern.

본 연구는 내열성, 저광학손실 광도파로용 고분자재료를 합성하고 그 물성을 조사한 것이다. 열안정성을 높이고 광학손실을 줄이기 위한 pentafluorophenylmaleimide와 복굴절률을 낮추기 위한 두가지 methacrylate 유도체와 가교제 역할을 하는 glycidylmethacrylate를 삼원 공중합하여 광가교가 가능한 poly(maleimide-co-methacrylate)를 합성하였다. 합성된 고분자들은 높은 열안정성을 나타내었고, 열처리에 의해서 가교가 됨을 확인하였다. 고분자의 굴절율은 공중합 비율에 의해서 조절가능하였고, 1.45∼1.49 범위의 고분자가 합성되었다. 복굴절은 6×10(-4)∼<1×10(-4) 범위의 낮은 값을 나타내었다. 이 고분자와 광개시제를 사용하여 접촉 인쇄 방식에 의한 노광과 습식현상을 통해 깨끗한 광도파로 패턴을 얻을 수 있었다.

Keywords: polymeric optical waveguide; maleimide; methylmethacrylate; fluorinated polymers; thermal stability

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This Article

  • 2002; 26(2): 253-259

    Published online Mar 25, 2002

  • Received on Sep 13, 2001
  • Accepted on Mar 11, 2002