A new twist on glass: A brittle material enabling flexible integrated photonics
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Li, Lan
Lin, Hongtao
Michon, Jerome
Huang, Yizhong
Li, Junying
Du, Qingyang
Yadav, Anupama
Richardson, Kathleen
Gu, Tian
Hu, Juejun
Date Issued
March 2017
Journal
International Journal of Applied Glass Science
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Wiley Blackwell
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Li, Lan et al. “A New Twist on Glass: A Brittle Material Enabling Flexible Integrated Photonics.” International Journal of Applied Glass Science 8, 1 (December 2016): 61–68 © 2016 The American Ceramic Society and Wiley Periodicals, Inc
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Abstract
Glass is in general brittle and therefore usually cannot sustain large deformation. Recent advances in glass material development as well as micro-mechanical designs, however, are set to defy the conventional wisdom through the demonstration of flexible integrated photonics that can be bent, twisted, and even stretched without compromising its structural integrity and optical performance. In this paper, we review the latest progress in this emerging field, and discuss the rational material and mechanical engineering principles underlying the extraordinary flexibility of these photonic structures. Leveraging these design strategies, we demonstrated bendable chalcogenide glass waveguide circuits, flexible glass waveguide-integrated nanomembrane photodetectors, and stretchable glass photonics.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1111/ijag.12256
