Origin of optical anisotropy in planar polymer waveguides

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 51, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 348-354

  Hanisch, Garden ^a   Podgorsek, Robert Philip ^a   Franke, Hilmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol vapours; M Line spectroscopy; Optical anisotropy; Optical sensor; Polyimide; Polymer waveguides

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; PHASE SHIFT; POLARIZATION; POLYIMIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VAPORS; WAVEGUIDES;

M-LINE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; PLANAR POLYMER WAVEGUIDES;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0032130943     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(98)00191-9     Document Type: Article

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