Fabrication of channel waveguides from sol–gel–processed polyvinylpyrrolidone/SiO2 composite materials

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1500-1506

  Yoshida, Makoto ^a,b   Prasad, Paras N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical waveguide; Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP); Sol gel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001469714     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.001500     Document Type: Article

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