EP1535094A4 - Photosensitive polymer materials useful as photonic crystals - Google Patents
Photosensitive polymer materials useful as photonic crystalsInfo
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- EP1535094A4 EP1535094A4 EP03787524A EP03787524A EP1535094A4 EP 1535094 A4 EP1535094 A4 EP 1535094A4 EP 03787524 A EP03787524 A EP 03787524A EP 03787524 A EP03787524 A EP 03787524A EP 1535094 A4 EP1535094 A4 EP 1535094A4
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- the present invention relates to photosensitive polymer materials comprising one or more elongate voids, and in particular, but not exclusively, to photonic crystals fabricated from such photosensitive polymer materials.
- the invention also relates to methods of formation of elongate voids within photosensitive polymer materials and to related methods of fabrication of photonic crystals as well as to the apparatus that may be utilised in these processes.
- Photonic crystals are dielectric structures with a periodic or regularly repeating structure and high refractive contrast over micron, or sub-micron scale operational volume.
- Photonic crystals which are also referred to as photonic bandgap materials, exhibit the unique ability to incorporate wavelength-dependent functionality over a small operational volume by exhibiting the characteristic of forbidding propagation of light of particular frequency, which is known as the property of optical bandgap.
- photonic crystals may be considered to operate as an optical analogue of semiconductor materials, and they may therefore have applications in a variety of important contexts; for example including as optical waveguides for optical signal transmission and in integrated circuits.
- photonic crystals may offer a solution to the problem of transmission of optical signals through sharp angles, without any substantial loss of intensity and with the possible additional benefit relative to known optical waveguides of single-mode operation at all wavelengths.
- a photosensitive polymer material comprising one or more elongate voids.
- the elongate voids Preferably have a substantially elliptical cross sectional shape.
- a photonic crystal comprising a photosensitive polymer material with an ordered array of elongate voids.
- the ordered array of elongate voids may include one or more optical waveguide forming defects.
- a photonic crystal may comprise an optical signal conducting fibre.
- the photonic crystal comprises an integrated circuit.
- Integrated circuits of this kind may be used in a wide variety of electronic and communications equipment.
- a method of formation of an elongate void within a photosensitive polymer material which comprises placing said material and/or a source of focussed coherent light under spatial control and subjecting said material to focused coherent light at wavelength and power suitable to initiate void formation while moving said material relative to said light at desired constant rate so as to track coherent light focus through said material in axial direction of intended elongate void formation.
- a metho4 of fabrication of a photonic crystal which comprises forming a plurality of elongate voids in an ordered array within a photosensitive polymer material by placing said material and/or a source of focussed coherent light under spatial control and subjecting said material to focused coherent light at wavelength and power sufficient to initiate void formation while moving said material relative to said light at desired constant rate so as to track coherent light focus through said material in axial direction of intended elongate void formation, then repeating process to form subsequent voids in intended locations; wherein said material is not subjected to said coherent light during periods when said material is moved to track coherent light focus from final locus of previously formed void to starting locus of subsequently formed void.
- apparatus for forming one or more elongate voids within a photosensitive polymer material which comprises a source of coherent light of suitable wavelength and power to initiate void formation within said material, a spatially controlled mount adapted to retain said material and means for focusing said coherent light at desired locus within said material.
- the apparatus according to the invention may further comprise a coherent light diverter which when active prevents said material being subjected to said coherent light; the diverter being controlled in concert with said spatially controlled mount.
- a coherent light diverter comprises a shutter.
- the elongate voids preferably have a micron or sub-micron scale cross-sectional diameter.
- the elongate voids have a cross- sectional diameter of between about 0.0 l ⁇ m to about 100/ ⁇ m, more preferably between about 0.1 ⁇ m to about 10/ m.
- surfaces of the elongate voids are substantially uniform.
- the polymer material according to the invention may comprise a copolymer.
- the polymer material may comprise a blend of polymers.
- the polymer material may further comprise one or more suitable additives.
- the additives may be selected from one or more of plasticisers, stabilisers, hardening agents, fillers, colouring agents, dyes, impact modifiers and flame retardants.
- the photosensitive polymer material comprises one or more of polymethylmethacrylate, SU-8, SR-368, SR-9008 and NOA63.
- the photosensitive polymer material comprises NOA63.
- the wavelength of the focused coherent light is between about 350 and about 750nm, more preferably between about 450 and 650nm, most preferably between about 500 and about 600nm.
- the coherent light wavelength is about 540nm.
- the coherent light has power between about 10 and about 80mW, preferably between about 20 and about 60m W, more preferably between about 30 and about 50mW.
- the coherent light power is 30 to 40mW.
- the coherent light may have a pulse width between about 50fs to about 500fs, preferably between about lOOfs and 300fs, more preferably between about 150fs and about 250fs. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the coherent light pulse width is about 200fs.
- the coherent light is derived from a Ti:Sapphire laser preferably operated in conjunction with an optical frequency doubler, an optical parametric oscillator or a combination of both. It is also preferred that the coherent light is directed via a telescope to the rear of an objective lens from which it is focused to a desired locus within the material.
- the objective lens may have numerical aperture between about 0.6 to about 1.4 and the lens may comprise a 40-100X magnification oil immersion objective lens.
- said desired constant rate moving of said material may range between about 1 to about 500/ m/s, preferably between about 10 to about 400 ⁇ m/s, more preferably between about 40 to about 300 ⁇ m/s, more preferably between about 80 to about 200 ⁇ ,m/s.
- the desired constant rate of material movement is about 60 ⁇ m/s and in another preferred embodiment it is about 300 ⁇ m/s.
- Figure 1 is a schematic representation of the apparatus that may be utilised in forming elongate voids within photopolymer materials.
- Figure 2 shows a plot of scanning stage movement speed ( ⁇ m/s) against coherent light power (mW) which demonstrates the transition regions within the Norland Products Inc. NOA63 polymer material which has been subjected to coherent light at 540nm and 200fs.
- Figure 3 shows a light microscope transmission image of two parallel elongate voids created in the void region (as referred to in figure 2) when the NOA63 polymer material was exposed to coherent light at 540nm, 200fs and 30mW, and where the scanning stage was moved at a rate of 60/m /s.
- the elongate voids are 100 ⁇ .m in length and are spaced apart by lO ⁇ m.
- Figure 4 shows an optical transmission image of parallel elongate voids fabricated in the damage region (as referred to in Figure 2) under the same conditions adopted in figure 3, but with scanning stage movement at a rate of lO ⁇ m/s.
- the elongate voids are lOO ⁇ m in length and are spaced apart by 5 ⁇ m.
- Figure 5 shows the elliptical cross-sectional shape of three elongated voids that have been sliced tlirough and imaged using a scanning electron microscope (JEOL JSM-840). The elongate voids were formed under the same conditions adopted in relation to figure 3.
- JEOL JSM-840 scanning electron microscope
- Figure 6 shows a plot of cross-sectional elongate void diameter ( ⁇ m) against scanning stage scan speed ( ⁇ m/s) for elongate voids formed using coherent light at 540nm, 200fs and powers of 13mW (depicted as filled circles), 19mW (depicted as filled triangles) and 34mW (depicted as filled squares).
- a 40X numerical aperture 1.3 objective was used;
- Figure 7 shows a scanning electron microscope (JEOL JSM-840) image of ends of elongate voids where each void is located 5 ⁇ m from adjacent voids in both axial and transverse directions.
- the elongate voids were formed in NOA63 polymer material using coherent light at 540nm, 200fs and 20mW, with scanning stage movement rate of 95 ⁇ m/s in the void region;
- Figure 8 shows transmission and reflection spectra of a photonic crystal which was produced in NOA63 polymer material using coherent light at 540nm, 200fs and 34mW and where scanning stage movement in the void region is at a rate of lOO ⁇ m/s.
- the photonic crystal structure was fabricated by stacking of 20 layers where each layer consisted of 40 parallel elongate voids spaced at 1.8 ⁇ m and alternate layers were rotated by 90°, with subsequent parallel void layers offset by half in-plane spacing. The layers were separated by 1.7 ⁇ m;
- Figure 9 shows a schematic representation of the photonic crystal array of elongate voids produced as described in figure 8.
- the present invention relates to a photosensitive polymer material which comprises one or more elongate voids.
- materials may be useful as optical waveguides, and in particular to be formulated into optical fibre or optical fibre components such as fibre core, connections, junctions and the like.
- Such materials may additionally have utility as optical bit data storage devices where the pattern of elongated void or voids formed within the material can be read, for example by confocal microscopy and which will encode for stored data or information.
- a particularly important utility of materials according to the invention is that they may be formed into photonic crystals which, as discussed above, may be utilised in optical data switching and information processing in the form of an optical integrated circuit. No matter what the intended function of the materials according to the invention an appropriate geometry of elongated voids can be designed, and may be formed within the material by adopting the methods outlined herein.
- the term "photosensitive" is intended to convey that the polymer material is subject to an alteration of its physical characteristics upon exposure to radiation, and particularly to radiation in the ultraviolet or visible regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- a wide variety of polymer materials undergo a form of polymerisation, possibly involving crosslinking, which results in a change in physical structure and properties following exposure to radiation at a defined wavelength and power.
- a polyurethane oligomer having unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds is polymerised and crosslinked to a mercapto- ester oligomer to form sulphide linkages upon exposure to ultraviolet light in the wavelength range 200-400nm, resulting in transformation from liquid to solid phase.
- photosensitive polymers of this type just a few of which include polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), SU-8 (available from MicroChem,
- the polymer material may constitute a single photosensitive polymer, a blend of two or more polymers, at least one of which has photosensitive characteristics, a copolymer having photosensitive characteristics or a polymer formulation including at least one polymer with photosensitive characteristics and one or more suitable additives.
- Suitable additives may, for example, be selected from the classes of fillers, plasticisers, stabilisers (for example antioxidant or UN stabilisers), hardening agents, colouring agents, dyes, impact modifiers and flame retardants, although it should be recognised that in order to qualify as being suitable in the context of the present invention such additives should not adversely affect light transmission qualities of the polymer material and should not be sensitive to the radiation wavelengths adopted in formation of elongated voids therewithin.
- Polymer materials which exhibit a high refractive index contrast between the polymer itself and voids contained therein are particularly preferred.
- Acceptable polymer materials may be those having refractive index contrast ranges exceeding about 1.4, more preferably exceeding about 3.0.
- the polymer materials are preferably substantially fully transparent to light of wavelength of about 2 ⁇ m or less, although substantial transparency also at higher wavelengths is preferred.
- the invention relates to a photonic crystal fabricated from the photosensitive polymer material by virtue of introducing into the material an ordered array of elongate voids.
- the voids introduced into the polymer materials may preferably have a substantially elliptical cross-sectional profile and will preferably have a diameter in the micron or sub-micron scale range.
- cross-sectional diameters of the voids may be between about O.Ol ⁇ m to about lOO ⁇ m, preferably between about O.l ⁇ m to about lO ⁇ m depending upon the function in which the material is to be employed.
- the present inventors have recognised that cross-sectional diameter of the elongated voids can be varied as a function of both the power of coherent light used to generate void formation and the rate of movement of the coherent light focus relative to the polymer material. In practice, this movement may conveniently be adopted by way of positioning the polymer material on a spatially controllable mount or scanning stage, the direction and rate of movement of which can be finely controlled in at least two and preferably three dimensions.
- Other aspects of the invention may involve movement of the coherent light focus, or indeed movement of both the focus and the material.
- the ordered array of elongate voids fabricated within the polymer material may include one or more optical waveguide forming defects.
- the regular pattern of voids introduced into the material may be interrupted by the absence of one or more voids in locations predicted according to the pattern, which may confer upon the material optical waveguide capabilities.
- Photonic crystals including such materials may conveniently be utilised in production of optical signal conducting fibre or components thereof such as core as well as junctions or connectors.
- elongated voids may be formed within photosensitive polymer materials according to the invention by placing the material under spatial control and subjecting the material to focused coherent light at a wavelength and power suitable to initiate void formation, while moving the material at a desired (preferably, but not necessarily constant) rate so as to track the focus of the coherent light through the material in the axial direction of intended elongate void formation.
- photonic crystals which include a plurality of elongate voids in an ordered array, may also be fabricated.
- the coherent light diverter may switch off, reflect, absorb or deflect the coherent light away from the material during movement of the material in preparation for placing the light focus in position for formation of the next void to be produced.
- the diverter will constitute a shutter that is operated under the same computer control as the spatially controlled mount.
- the wavelength and power of focused light to which the locus is subjected is selected such that based upon absorption characteristics of the material sufficient heat and pressure will be generated within the material to soften or melt the material at the locus and redistribute softened/melted polymer material to edges of the focal spot.
- the focal spot or locus is tracked through the polymer material by virtue of movement relative to the focal point of the spatially controlled mount or scanning stage the softening/melting of polymer material and its deposition at edges of the focal spot will continue to form an axial or elongated void.
- edges or surfaces of the void are generally smooth or substantially uniform and that the walls of the void have higher density and different refractive index compared to the polymer material generally.
- cross-sectional diameter of the elongate voids is a function of both the speed of tracking of the focal spot and the power of the coherent light a desired (preferably, but not necessarily constant) rate of movement of the spatially controlled mount (and consequently the polymer material) should be selected, which at the coherent light power adopted will result in voids of desired diameter.
- Basic components of the apparatus that may be utilised in forming voids within the polymer material are a source of coherent light, which is at the wavelength and power desired according to the polymer material adopted.
- a source of coherent light which is at the wavelength and power desired according to the polymer material adopted.
- a laser light source may be utilised and if it is necessary to modify the wavelength of the coherent light produced by this laser the light may appropriately pass through a coherent optical frequency doubler. It is also important that the coherent light is sharply focused onto a focal spot within the polymer material. This may be achieved by utilising an objective lens in conjunction with means such as a telescope or lenses, which serve to collimate the coherent light at the rear of the objective lens.
- the laser light source may be a Ti:Sapphire laser such as the Mira 900-F which could be used in conjunction with the Mira-OPO containing an intracavity frequency doubler to thereby produce a coherent light source of wavelength 540nm and pulse width of 200fs.
- the wavelength of the focused coherent light is between about 300 and about 750nm, preferably between about 450 and 650nm, and particularly preferably between about 500 and about 600nm.
- the coherent light power may be between about 10 and about 80mW, preferably between about 20 and about 60mW and more preferably between 30 and about 50mW.
- the pulse width adopted in relation to the coherent light may for example range between about 50fs to about 500fs, preferably between about lOOfs and about 300fs and most preferably between about 150fs and about 250fs.
- the rate of movement of the spatially controlled mount adapted to retain the polymer material can be selected.
- the rate of movement of the spatially controlled mount will be between about 1 to about 500 ⁇ m/s, preferably between about 10 to about 400 ⁇ m/s, more preferably between about 40 to about 300 ⁇ m/s, more preferably between about 80 to about 200 ⁇ m/s.
- the desired constant rate of material movement is about 60 ⁇ m/s and in another preferred embodiment it is about 300 ⁇ m/s, during void formation within the polymer material.
- the movement rate of the coherent light focus within the material should remain substantially constant during void formation.
- the material is a clear, colourless liquid photopolymer that can be cured when exposed to ultraviolet light.
- NOA63 photopolymer was placed on a cover slip and irradiated for two hours by a focused wide band ultraviolet light source (200-400nm at 30W). This exposure time expended much of the photo-initiator leaving a transparent solid sample.
- Coherent light derived from a Coherent Mira-OPO Tusapphire mode-locked laser operating at 710nm, 800mW was passed through a Coherent Mina OPO with optical frequency doubler (540nm, 40mW).
- a telescope arrangement was used to uniformly illuminate the back of a 40X magnification oil immersion objective lens with numerical aperture (NA) 1.3.
- In situ observations of light reflected from the material via a dichoric mirror (DC) were made via a CCD camera and monitor arrangement.
- a three dimensional (3D) array of elongate voids was produced within the material by translation of the sample in both axial and transverse directions through the focus of the objective using a 3D scanning stage. Motion of the stage was controlled via a National Instruments PCI-6177 data acquisition (DAQ) card installed in a computer. The four channel analogue outputs of the DAQ card control x,y and z stage movements, as well as a shutter. The DAQ was controlled by a Labview program, which takes a design file and translates that to a swing in the DAQ output voltage. This software allows for many variables in scan performance to be changed.
- DAQ data acquisition
- FIG. 2 shows the four regions and how they are dependent on both scan speed and power.
- the region of interest in relation to this invention is the void region.
- an elongate void also referred to as a void channel or void rod
- Material in the focus is placed under high temperature and pressure causing the material to soften or melt and be re-distributed to the edge of the focal spot.
- the resulting structure is that of a continuous, smooth edged void channel, with the surrounding walls having a higher density than the polymer material generally due to the ejection of material from the centre of the void (Figure 3).
- channels are not smooth and adjacent channels are merged together ( Figure 4).
- void rod diameters are still affected by scan speed, however, a greater change in speed variation is required to cause a change in void channel diameters.
- void channel diameters vary by 0.3 ⁇ m over a 20 ⁇ m/s range of scanning stage speeds, and at 34mW the same variation in diameter requires a 40 ⁇ m/s range of scan speeds.
- the proximity within which adjacent void channels can be fabricated successfully has been measured to be 1.3 ⁇ m in both transverse dimensions (x, y-axis) and 1.5 ⁇ m in the axial direction (z-axis).
- the proximity within which adjacent void channels can be brought together and the size of channels is yet to be optimized but there are a number of techniques that can be used to reduce channel diameter and increase the number of void channels in the x, y and z directions.
- Elongate voids can be arranged in an organized fashion in all axes ( Figure 7). Such structures have been fabricated with varying layer spacing (z-axis).
- Figure 8 shows the bandgap of one such structure, exhibiting an 80% bandgap with a gap/midgap ratio of 0.11 at a wavelength of 4.75 ⁇ m.
- the structure ( Figure 9) was fabricated by stacking up 20 layers. Each layer consisting of 40 parallel void channels spaced at 1.8 ⁇ m. Each layer was rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the previous layer, and subsequent layers were offset by half in-plane spacing. Layers were separated by 1.7 ⁇ m.
- the fabrication method of the present invention has been demonstrated to allow for micro- scale elongate voids to be fabricated inside a photopolymer material. This method enables any arbitrary shaped void channel to be generated in three dimensions. Straight void channels have been shown to have smooth edges. An ability to use highly ordered individual void channels in the construction of a photonic crystal has also been shown. It is to be recognised that the present invention has been described by way of example only and that modifications and/or alterations thereto which would be apparent to persons skilled in the art, based upon the disclosure herein, are also considered to fall within the' spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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