MATERIAL FOR FORMING POLYMER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, POLYMER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING POLYMER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE

摘要

It is intended to provide a material for a polymer optical waveguide, which has a good processability and can lower propagation loss, a polymer optical waveguide, and a method of producing a polymer optical waveguide. The material for a polymer optical waveguide as described above comprises a polymer having a norbornene type structural unit carrying a hydroxy group, a photoacid generator capable of generating an acid upon actinic radiation and a monomer component which undergoes polymerization due to the acid that is generated by the photoacid generator.