Polymer-based waveguides and optical switching

Optical Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 334-341

  Bader, M A ^a   Keller, H M ^a   Marowsky, G ^a  

^a LASER LABORATORIUM GÖTTINGEN E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FABRICATION; LASER ABLATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES;

BRAGG REFLECTOR; EXCIMER LASER PHOTOABLATION; POLYDIACETYLENE; POLYMERIC FILMS; POLYPHENYLENE VINYLENE;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0031650867     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-3467(97)00078-5     Document Type: Article

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