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The Polishing of Cutting-Edge Polymer-on-Glass for Pigtailing Preparation

Problem statement: The high quality of cutting-edge surface is important in optical waveguide’s efficiency. The perfect polishing of end surface is significant to deliver the best quality of light waves and minimize the device losses such as insertion loss and return loss. Hence, this research is co...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Syuhaimi, Ab-Rahman, Fazlinda, Ab-Aziz, Noor Azie Azura, Mohd Arif, Saiful Dzulkefly, Zan, Seri Mastura, Mustaza
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spelling my.unimas.ir.7352015-09-14T07:52:25Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/735/ The Polishing of Cutting-Edge Polymer-on-Glass for Pigtailing Preparation Mohammad Syuhaimi, Ab-Rahman Fazlinda, Ab-Aziz Noor Azie Azura, Mohd Arif Saiful Dzulkefly, Zan Seri Mastura, Mustaza T Technology (General) TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Problem statement: The high quality of cutting-edge surface is important in optical waveguide’s efficiency. The perfect polishing of end surface is significant to deliver the best quality of light waves and minimize the device losses such as insertion loss and return loss. Hence, this research is concern on the parameters in polishing SU-8 polymer to increase the efficiency of waveguide. The main research is to study on how polishing parameter affect the cut length of the end surface of SU-8 polymer on silicon and determining the best parameters for polishing SU-8 polymer. Approach: Seven sets of rotation velocities were chosen which were 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 and 350 rpm for the first part. The graph of cut length versus velocity at different sand paper size was plotted based on the data obtained from this experiment. Equation for each graph was acquired to determine relationship between these two parameters. For the second part, four samples were used. Each sample was polished with same rotation time and sandpaper size prescribed but with different rotation speed. Rotation speed is selected between 200 to 350 rpm with rotation time of 15 min using sandpaper with size of 0.3 μm. Results: We found that the cut percentage of each rotation velocity are as follows: 50 rpm: _0.5%, 100 rpm: 0.6-1.0%, 150 rpm: 3.8-4.8%, 200 rpm: 7.7-10.6%, 250 rpm: 15.7-18.3%, 300 rpm: 25.6- 27.4%, 350 rpm: 40.0-43.7%. The rotation speed suitable for polishing SU-8 polymer is below 200 rpm and the rotation speed over the point (ex. 300 rpm) will cause cracking to the polymer although the silicon based layer look smooth. Conclusion: In this experiment it was found that the cut length increases as the rotation rate and the size of sand paper increased. It can also be concluded that polishing the sample at the speed of 200 rpm is the best polishing method for polymer SU-8 waveguide, at 15 min rotation time with the used of 0.3 _m Aluminium oxide sandpaper size. Despites giving the smooth surface, it also reduces the cutting time. The SU-8 polymer is not suitable to be polished at a high rotation speed as the surface may damage. Science Publications 2009 E-Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/735/1/The%20Polishing%20of%20Cutting-Edge%20Polymer-on-Glass%28abstract%29.pdf Mohammad Syuhaimi, Ab-Rahman and Fazlinda, Ab-Aziz and Noor Azie Azura, Mohd Arif and Saiful Dzulkefly, Zan and Seri Mastura, Mustaza (2009) The Polishing of Cutting-Edge Polymer-on-Glass for Pigtailing Preparation. American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences. , 2 (1). pp. 127-132. ISSN 1941-7020 http://thescipub.com/html/10.3844/ajeassp.2009.127.132 DOI : 10.3844/ajeassp.2009.127.132
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topic T Technology (General)
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Mohammad Syuhaimi, Ab-Rahman
Fazlinda, Ab-Aziz
Noor Azie Azura, Mohd Arif
Saiful Dzulkefly, Zan
Seri Mastura, Mustaza
The Polishing of Cutting-Edge Polymer-on-Glass for Pigtailing Preparation
description Problem statement: The high quality of cutting-edge surface is important in optical waveguide’s efficiency. The perfect polishing of end surface is significant to deliver the best quality of light waves and minimize the device losses such as insertion loss and return loss. Hence, this research is concern on the parameters in polishing SU-8 polymer to increase the efficiency of waveguide. The main research is to study on how polishing parameter affect the cut length of the end surface of SU-8 polymer on silicon and determining the best parameters for polishing SU-8 polymer. Approach: Seven sets of rotation velocities were chosen which were 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 and 350 rpm for the first part. The graph of cut length versus velocity at different sand paper size was plotted based on the data obtained from this experiment. Equation for each graph was acquired to determine relationship between these two parameters. For the second part, four samples were used. Each sample was polished with same rotation time and sandpaper size prescribed but with different rotation speed. Rotation speed is selected between 200 to 350 rpm with rotation time of 15 min using sandpaper with size of 0.3 μm. Results: We found that the cut percentage of each rotation velocity are as follows: 50 rpm: _0.5%, 100 rpm: 0.6-1.0%, 150 rpm: 3.8-4.8%, 200 rpm: 7.7-10.6%, 250 rpm: 15.7-18.3%, 300 rpm: 25.6- 27.4%, 350 rpm: 40.0-43.7%. The rotation speed suitable for polishing SU-8 polymer is below 200 rpm and the rotation speed over the point (ex. 300 rpm) will cause cracking to the polymer although the silicon based layer look smooth. Conclusion: In this experiment it was found that the cut length increases as the rotation rate and the size of sand paper increased. It can also be concluded that polishing the sample at the speed of 200 rpm is the best polishing method for polymer SU-8 waveguide, at 15 min rotation time with the used of 0.3 _m Aluminium oxide sandpaper size. Despites giving the smooth surface, it also reduces the cutting time. The SU-8 polymer is not suitable to be polished at a high rotation speed as the surface may damage.
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author Mohammad Syuhaimi, Ab-Rahman
Fazlinda, Ab-Aziz
Noor Azie Azura, Mohd Arif
Saiful Dzulkefly, Zan
Seri Mastura, Mustaza
author_facet Mohammad Syuhaimi, Ab-Rahman
Fazlinda, Ab-Aziz
Noor Azie Azura, Mohd Arif
Saiful Dzulkefly, Zan
Seri Mastura, Mustaza
author_sort Mohammad Syuhaimi, Ab-Rahman
title The Polishing of Cutting-Edge Polymer-on-Glass for Pigtailing Preparation
title_short The Polishing of Cutting-Edge Polymer-on-Glass for Pigtailing Preparation
title_full The Polishing of Cutting-Edge Polymer-on-Glass for Pigtailing Preparation
title_fullStr The Polishing of Cutting-Edge Polymer-on-Glass for Pigtailing Preparation
title_full_unstemmed The Polishing of Cutting-Edge Polymer-on-Glass for Pigtailing Preparation
title_sort polishing of cutting-edge polymer-on-glass for pigtailing preparation
publisher Science Publications
publishDate 2009
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