Directional couplers using fluorinated polyimide waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 610-614

  Kobayashi, Junya ^a,b,c   Matsuura, Tohru ^a,b,c,d   Sasaki, Shigekuni ^a,d,e   Maruno, Tohru ^a,e,f  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray System   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Directional couplers; Optical communication; Optical losses; Optical materials devices; Plastic materials devices; Polyimide fims; Thermoresistivity

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); HEAT RESISTANCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYIMIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; FLUORINATED POLYIMIDE WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL LOSSES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032046648     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.664071     Document Type: Article

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