Recent Progress on Polymer Waveguide Materials.

Polymer waveguides have a potential of achieving the economic requirement for low priced optical devices and of applying novel active devices. The developments of the polymer waveguide materials and their applications have been investigated since 1990s. The remarkable progress on the polymer waveguides is expected to realize acceptance of the polymer devices in the optical communication networks. We review the recent progress on the polymer waveguide materials in addition to the characteristics required for the waveguides.