Contributo in atti di convegno, 2021, ENG, 10.1117/12.2577860

Flexible photonics: transform rigid materials into mechanically flexible and optically functional systems

Alessandro Chiasera, Anna Szczurek, Lam Thi Ngoc Tran, Kamila Startek, Osman Saynger, Stefano Varas, Cristina Armellini, Andrea Chiappini, Alessandro Carpentiero, Daniele Zonta, Oreste S. Bursi, Roberta Ramponi, Monica Bollani, Francesco Scotognella, Guglielmo Macrelli, Justyna Krzak, Giancarlo C. Righini, Maurizio Ferrari, Anna Lukowiak

IFN-CNR CSMFO Lab. and FBK Photonics Unit, Via alla Cascata 56/C Povo 38100 Trento, Italy. Department of Mechanics, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Smoluchowskiego 25, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland. IFN-CNR, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 20133 Milano, Italy. Department of Materials Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vo Van Ngan Street 1, Thu Duc District, 720214 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAS, Okolna 2, 50-422, Wroclaw, Poland. ?ukasiewicz Research Network - PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, Stablowicka 147, 50-066, Wroclaw, Poland. Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Mesiano- Trento, Italy IFN-CNR, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy. Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Giovanni Pascoli, 70/3, 20133, Milan, Italy Isoclima S.p.A., R&D Department, Este (PD), Italy 12 MiPLab, IFAC-CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.

As already done in electronics, passive and active photonic devices demand integration on flexible substrates for a broad spectrum of application ranging from optical interconnection to sensors for civil infrastructure and environments, to coherent and uncoherent light sources and functionalized coatings for integration on biological tissue. In this communication we will present some recent results concerning the fabrication of novel flexible optical layers by sol-gel and radio frequency sputtering deposition techniques. The perspective is to give a technological way to transform intrinsically rigid or brittle materials into a highly mechanically flexible and optically functional systems

Photonic West 2021 - SPIE OPTO - Optical Components and Materials XVIII, pp. 116820Q-1–116820Q-7, San Francisco USA, 06-11/03/2021 11

Keywords

Flexible photonics, Sol-gel, RF-Sputtering, Planar waveguides, Photonic crystals, Mechanical deformation, Sensors, Spectroscopic properties

CNR authors

Armellini Cristina, Righini Giancarlo, Scotognella Francesco, Zonta Daniele, Tran Lam Thi Ngoc, Sayginer Osman, Szczurek Anna, Ferrari Maurizio, Chiasera Alessandro, Chiappini Andrea, Ramponi Roberta, Varas Stefano, Carpentiero Alessandro, Bollani Monica

CNR institutes

IFAC – Istituto di fisica applicata "Nello Carrara", IFN – Istituto di fotonica e nanotecnologie