Patent ID: 6496637
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: C08F,C08G

Abstract:
A planar waveguide device, comprising:an undercladding layer; a patterned core layer; and an overcladding layer, the undercladding layer and overcladding layer having refractive indicies less than that of the patterned core layer, the undercladding layer and overcladding layer surrounding the patterned core layer; at least one of the undercladding layer, patterned core layer, and overcladding layer being a polymer or copolymer of a polymerizable compound including at least one fluorinated alkylene or fluorinated alkylene ether moiety, at least two terminal acrylate moieties, each terminal acrylate moiety being connected to one fluorinated alkylene or fluorinated alkylene ether moiety by an ester linking group, and at least two additional ester linkages.