Singlemode optical waveguides using a high temperature stable poylmer with low losses in the 1.55μm range

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 518-519

  Fischbeck, G ^a   Moosburger, R ^a   Kostrzewa, C ^a   Achen, A ^b   Petermann, K ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Dow Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optical polymers; Optical waveguides

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOSSES; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SINGLE MODE POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE LOSSES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031099687     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970307     Document Type: Article

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