Using microcontact printing to generate amplitude photomasks on the surfaces of optical fibers: A method for producing in-fiber gratings

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-9

  Rogers, John A ^a   Jackman, Rebecca J ^a   Whitesides, George M ^a   Wagener, Jefferson L ^b   Vengsarkar, Ashish M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELASTOMERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTORESISTS; SILICONES; SURFACES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMPLITUDE PHOTOMASKS; ELASTOMERIC STAMP; MICROCONTACT PRINTING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0031555606     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119313     Document Type: Article

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