Polymeric wavelength filter based on a Bragg grating using nanoimprint technique

A polymeric waveguide-type wavelength filter based on a Bragg grating has been proposed and fabricated using the simple nanoimprint technique, for the first time to our knowledge. An ultraviolet transparent stamp with the single-mode waveguide pattern incorporating a surface-relief-type Bragg grating was efficiently developed using laser interference lithography and a specially designed selective dry-etching process. Using this stamp, the device fabrication was substantially simplified involving just a single-step process of imprint followed by polymer spin-coating. The achieved maximum reflection was higher than 25 dB at the center wavelength of 1569 run. And the 3-dB bandwidth was 0.8 mn for the device length of 1.5 cm.