New Triazine Containing Fluoropolymers and Applications Christian Dreyer 1,2 Jürgen Schneider 2 , Monika Bauer 1,2 , Norbert Keil 3 , Crispin Zawadzki 3 , Huihai Yao 3 , Oliver Radmer 3 1 Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Science and Computer Science – Chair of Polymeric Materials; Kantstr. 55; 14513 Teltow, Germany Phone: +49 3328 330 259 Fax: +49 3328 330 282 E-mail: dreyer@epc.izm.fhg.de 2 Fraunhofer IZM; Branch Lab Polymeric Materials and Composites Kanststr. 55; 14513 Teltow, Germany 3 Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut; Einsteinufer 37; 10587 Berlin, Germany Abstract The internet is the most important source for information of all kind these days. Amount of data transferred via the internet is increasing very strong. For long range data transmission the glass fiber is the medium of choice because of its enormous bandwidth of more than 40 Tbps; its use extends more and more to shorter distances. In the next decade a lot of nations will have optical network down to the single housings (Fibre to the home, FTTH). Japans government plans in its National Broadband Initiative to provide more than 7.7 Million of people access to the fiber network until end of 2005 [1] . To make such broadband initiatives possible inexpensive low cost optical devices are needed in addition to optical fibers, e.g. optical switches, multiplexer, demultiplexer, router, etc. The established technology to produce integrated optical devices is the silica technology, which is very cost intensive. Inexpensive integrated optical devices can be produced by using organic polymeric materials. Triazine Ring N N N O O R 3 R 1 O N N N X X O N N N X X O R 2 Fluorinated Chains Fluorinated Chains Fluorinated Chains Reactive Group Figure 1. Principle structure of the new triazine containing polymers. Current Frontiers and Future Trends Presentation 20 Savannah, Georgia October 6-9, 2004