Dr. Arjen Boersma Profile

Dr. Arjen Boersma

Senior Scientist at TNO

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Proceedings Article | 15 March 2016 Paper

Scalable electro-photonic integration concept based on polymer waveguides

M. Karppinen, B. J. Offrein, R. Dangel, M. Ortsiefer, A. Daly, J. Justice, B. Corbett, E. Bosman, G. Van Steenberge, A. Boersma, S. Wiegersma, T. Korhonen, J. Duis, S. Dorrestein, P. Harmsma

Proceedings Volume 9753, 97530G (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225304

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Polymers, Polymer multimode waveguides, Glasses, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Photonic microstructures, Micromirrors, Optical interconnects, Optoelectronics, Fiber couplers, Optical alignment, Mirrors, Silicon, Laser ablation

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Proceedings Article | 3 April 2015 Paper

Design, fabrication and characterisation of nano-imprinted single mode waveguide structures for intra-chip optical communications

John Justice, Umar Khan, Mikko Karppinen, Tia Korhonen, Brian Corbett, Arjen Boersma, Sjoukje Wiegersma

Proceedings Volume 9368, 93680Y (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2078974

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Single mode fibers, Waveguide modes, Directional couplers, Cladding, Polymers, Nanoimprint lithography, Refractive index, Polymer multimode waveguides, Optical communications

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Proceedings Article | 3 April 2015 Paper

Optical coupling structure made by imprinting between single-mode polymer waveguide and embedded VCSEL

Mikko Karppinen, Noora Salminen, Tia Korhonen, Teemu Alajoki, Erwin Bosman, Geert Van Steenberge, John Justice, Umar Khan, Arjen Boersma, Brian Corbett, Jarno Petäjä

Proceedings Volume 9368, 93680H (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2082935

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Mirrors, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Polymers, Polymer multimode waveguides, Optical alignment, Single mode fibers, Integrated optics, Optical fibers, Semiconducting wafers

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Proceedings Article | 15 May 2014 Paper

Detection of low concentration formaldehyde gas by photonic crystal sensor fabricated by nanoimprint process in polymer material

Pentti Karioja, Teemu Alajoki, Ville Kontturi, Ruiqi Chen, A. Boersma, Milan Saalmink, Renz van Ee, Ralph S. Stevens, Martin D. Charlton, Michael Pollard

Proceedings Volume 9141, 91410F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2052558

KEYWORDS: Refractive index, Polymers, Photonic crystals, Sensors, Receptors, Silicon, Polymeric sensors, Photorefractive polymers, Nanoparticles, Nanoimprint lithography

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Proceedings Article | 15 May 2014 Paper

Toward large-area roll-to-roll printed nanophotonic sensors

Pentti Karioja, Jussi Hiltunen, Sanna Aikio, Teemu Alajoki, Jarkko Tuominen, Karl Böhlen, Rene Hauser, Martin Charlton, Arjen Boersma, Peter Lieberzeit, Thorsten Felder, David Eustace, Eliav Haskal, Samuli Siitonen, Ville Kontturi, Marianne Hiltunen

Proceedings Volume 9141, 91410D (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2052496

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Ultraviolet radiation, Photonic crystals, Polymers, Semiconducting wafers, Nanoimprint lithography, Manufacturing, Interferometers, Waveguides, Nanophotonics

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Polymers have become an important material group in fabricating discrete photonic components and integrated optical devices. This is due to their good properties: high optical transmittance, versatile processability at relative low temperatures and potential for low-cost production. Recently, nanoimprinting or nanoimprint lithography (NIL) has obtained a plenty of research interest. In NIL, a mould is pressed against a substrate coated with a moldable material. After deformation of the material, the mold is separated and a replica of the mold is formed. Compared with conventional lithographic methods, imprinting is simple to carry out, requires less-complicated equipment and can provide high-resolution with high throughput. Nanoimprint lithography has shown potential to become a method for low-cost and high-throughput fabrication of nanostructures. We show the development process of nano-structured, large-area multi-parameter sensors using Photonic Crystal (PC) and Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) methodologies for environmental and pharmaceutical applications. We address these challenges by developing roll-to-roll (R2R) UV-nanoimprint fabrication methods. Our development steps are the following: Firstly, the proof of concept structures are fabricated by the use of wafer-level processes in Si-based materials. Secondly, the master molds of successful designs are fabricated, and they are used to transfer the nanophotonic structures into polymer materials using sheet-level UV-nanoimprinting. Thirdly, the sheet-level nanoimprinting processes are transferred to roll-to-roll fabrication. In order to enhance roll-to-roll manufacturing capabilities, silicone-based polymer material development was carried out. In the different development phases, Photonic Crystal and SERS sensor structures with increasing complexities were fabricated using polymer materials in order to enhance sheet-level and roll-to-roll manufacturing processes. In addition, chemical and molecular imprint (MIP) functionalization methods were applied in the sensor demonstrators. In this paper, the process flow in fabricating large-area nanophotonic structures by the use of sheet-level and roll-to-roll UV- nanoimprinting is reported.

Proceedings Article | 2 May 2014 Paper

Development of photonic crystal structures for on-board optical communication

John Justice, Muhammad Khan, Brian Corbett, Arjen Boersma, Maurice Mourad, Renz van Ee, Judith Wijnhoven, Alfons van Blaaderen

Proceedings Volume 9127, 912705 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2052214

KEYWORDS: Photonic crystals, Optical spheres, Waveguides, Silica, Crystals, Polymers, Polymer multimode waveguides, Refractive index, Particles, Reflection

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Proceedings Article | 27 February 2013 Paper

Polymer-based optical interconnects using nanoimprint lithography

Arjen Boersma, Sjoukje Wiegersma, Bert Offrein, Jeroen Duis, Jos Delis, Markus Ortsiefer, Geert van Steenberge, Mikko Karpinen, Alfons van Blaaderen, Brian Corbett

Proceedings Volume 8630, 86300Y (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2001498

KEYWORDS: Polymers, Waveguides, Polymer multimode waveguides, Optical interconnects, Photonic crystals, Particles, Optics manufacturing, Nanoimprint lithography, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Data transmission

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Proceedings Article | 7 November 2012 Paper

Coating based fiber Bragg grating humidity sensor array

Arjen Boersma, Lun-Kai Cheng, Rob Jansen

Proceedings Volume 8421, 842168 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.973826

KEYWORDS: Coating, Fiber Bragg gratings, Sensors, Polymers, Humidity, Carbon dioxide, Biological and chemical sensing, Fiber optics sensors, Polymeric sensors, Chemical analysis

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