Polymer processing using fs-lasers (B03)

• Subject Area: Plastics Engineering
• Term: from 2013 to 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 210420491

Optical waveguides and waveguide networks in 2D and 3D can be fabricated in various polymeric materials by locally inducing an increase in refractive index via femtosecond laser radiation. In this manner singlemode waveguides with losses below 0.5 dB/cm have been demonstrated. During the second project phase, first application-oriented networks of surface sensors will be assembled in close cooperation with the sensor-projects.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 123: Planar Optronic Systems (PlanOS)
• Applicant Institution: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
• Co-Applicant Institution: Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Uwe Morgner; Professor Dr. Carsten Reinhardt