Organic optical waveguides and method of fabricating waveguide structures

摘要

PCT No. PCT/GB87/00275 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 28, 1987 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 28, 1987 PCT Filed Apr. 24, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO87/06715 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 1987.An optical waveguide and method of fabricating waveguide structures is disclosed. More specifically, a method of producing an organic waveguide which comprises treating a transparent plastic substrate with a solution in a inert solvent of an organic dopant which is absorbed into the surface of the substrate, under conditions such that a surface layer is formed having a refractive index which is greater than that of the substrate. Said dopant has a higher affinity for the plastic's substrate than for the solvent.