We demonstrate a simple and feasible procedure for the making of flexible multimode optical channel waveguides for light transmission in the visible and near-infrared region for biocompatible applications. The biocompatible optical elastomer with a refractive index of 1.427 was used for the core layer and the elastomer with a refractive index of 1.411 at wavelengths 654.2 nm was used for the cladding. The presented optical biocompatible silicone elastomers waveguides have appropriate properties with low optical losses. The average values of the optical losses were lower than -0.42 dB/cm at 650 nm, -0.40 dB/cm at 850 nm, -0.50 dB/cm at 1300 nm and -1.45 dB/cm at 1550 nm. This makes them suitable for realization not only in optical interconnection applications, sensors, micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems but also for optical waveguides in deep-tissue photomedicine.
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