Flexible integrated photonics is a rapidly emerging technology with a wide range of possible applications in the fields of flexible optical interconnects, conformal multiplexing sensing, health monitoring, and biotechnology. One major challenge in developing mechanically flexible integrated photonics is the functional component within an integrated photonic circuit with superior performance. In this work, several essential flexible passive devices for such a circuit were designed and fabricated based on a multi-neutral-axis mechanical design and a monolithic integration technique. The propagation loss of the waveguide is calculated to be 4.2 dB/cm. In addition, we demonstrate a microring resonator, waveguide crossing, multimode interferometer (MMI), and Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) for use at 1.55 µm, each exhibiting superior optical and mechanical performance. These results represent a significant step towards further exploring a complete flexible photonic integrated circuit.
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