Optically inscribed surface relief diffraction gratings on azobenzene-containing polymers for coupling light into slab waveguides

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3318-3320

  Paterson, J ^a   Natansohn, A ^a   Rochon, P ^b   Callender, C L ^c   Robitaille, L ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Radio Science Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYMERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLYIMIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON NITRIDE; THIN FILMS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; WAVEGUIDES;

LIGHT COUPLERS; POLY METHACRYLOYLOXY ETHYL AZOBENZENE; SILICON OXYNITRIDE; SLAB WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE RELIEF GRATINGS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0030285623     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.117292     Document Type: Article

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