Low-loss passive polymer optical waveguides with high environmental stability

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2338-2343

  Usui, Mitsuo ^a,b,c,d   Hikita, Makoto ^a,c,d,e,f,g   Watanabe, Toshio ^a,h   Amano, Michiyuki ^a,f,i   Sugawara, Shungo ^a,d,h,i,j,k   Hayashida, Shoichi ^a,l   Imamura, Saburo ^a,d,i,k,l,m  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY

^d JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g National Laboratory for High Energy Physics   (Japan)

^h TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

ⁱ Society of Polymer Science   (Japan)

^j YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k Chemical Society of   (Japan)

^l KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; FABRICATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLYIMIDES; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICONES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSPARENCY;

ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; POLY METHYL METHACRYLATE; RING RESONATOR; THERMO OPTIC SWITCH;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0030264803     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.541226     Document Type: Article

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