Fluorinated polyimide waveguides with low polarization-dependent loss and their applications to thermooptic switches

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1024-1029

  Kobayashi, Junya ^a   Matsuura, Tohru ^a   Hida, Yasuhiro ^a,b,c,d   Sasaki, Shigekuni ^a   Maruno, Tohru ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^d Soc of Applied Physics

Author keywords

Optical communication; Optical losses; Optical materials devices; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Plastic materials devices; Polymide films; Thermoresistivity

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HEAT RESISTANCE; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYIMIDES;

FLUORINATED POLYIMIDE WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL LOSSES; THERMOOPTIC SWITCHES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032096760     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.681459     Document Type: Article

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