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Avulu Vinod Kumar1, Mallesham Godumala1, Jada Ravi1
1Advanced Photonic Materials and Technology Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Centre for Nanotechnology, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 046, Telangana, India.
Abstract:
We report the construction of an organic crystal multiplexer using three chemically and optically different acicular, flexible organic crystals for a broadband, visible light signal transportation. The mechanical integration of a highly flexible crystal waveguide of (Z)-2-(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-3-(7-methoxybenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazol-4-yl)acrylonitrile (BTD2CF3 ) displaying bright yellow (λ1 ) fluorescence with blue-emitting (λ2 ) BPP and cyan emitting (λ3 ) DBA crystals using AFM-tip provides a composite organic crystal multiplexer. The constructed hybrid single crystal multiplexer effectively transduces three optical signals (λ1 +λ2 +λ3 ) covering the 420-750 nm region as a composite output signal. The presented proof-of-principle experiment demonstrates the real potential of organic flexible crystal waveguides for visible light communication technologies.
