Demonstration of waveguide couplers fabricated using microtransfer molding

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1017-1019

  Zhao, Xiao Mei ^a   Smith, Stephen P ^b   Waldman, Samuel J ^b   Whitesides, George M ^a   Prentiss, Mara ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; IRRADIATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MOLDING; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYMERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

CLAD WAVEGUIDES; LIGHT COUPLING; MICROTRANSFER MOLDING; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031209415     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119713     Document Type: Article

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