A study of neodymium-chelate-doped optical polymer waveguides

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2868-2874

  Lin, Sihan ^a   Feuerstein, Robert J ^a   Mickelson, Alan R ^a  

^a UCB 428   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NEODYMIUM; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYIMIDES; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLUBILITY; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; CHELATES; CHROMOPHORES; FLUORINATED POLYIMIDES; GROUND STATE ABSORPTION; METASTABLE STATE LIFETIME; OPTICAL BLEACHING; PHONON ASSISTED QUENCHING; SLAB WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0030108778     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.361282     Document Type: Article

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