A fluorinated polymerizable compound useful for fabricating planar optical devices includes at least one fluorinated alkylene or alkylene ether moiety and at least two terminal acrylate moieties, each terminal acrylate moiety being connected to one of the fluorinated alkylene or fluorinated alklene ether moieties by an ester linking group. The fluorinated polymerizable compounds, or macromers, of this invention are useful for forming optical components exhibiting a refractive index comparable to that of glass fiber waveguides, while also exhibiting very low absorption losses. Polymerizable compositions suitable for preparing optical components can be prepared by combining the macromers of the invention with a photoinitiator. Conventional optical monomers may also be employed, if desired.
用于制造平面光学器件的
氟化可聚合化合物包括至少一个
氟化亚烷基或亚烷基醚分子和至少两个末端
丙烯酸酯分子,每个末端
丙烯酸酯分子通过酯连接基团与其中一个
氟化亚烷基或
氟化亚烷基醚分子相连。本发明的含
氟可聚合化合物或大分子化合物可用于形成光学元件,其折射率可与
玻璃纤维波导相媲美,同时还具有极低的吸收损耗。通过将本发明的大单体与光
引发剂结合,可以制备出适用于制备光学元件的可聚合组合物。如果需要,也可以使用传统的光学单体。