Photobleaching for optical waveguide formation in a guest–host polyimide

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3893-3902

  Tomić, Darja ^a   Mickelson, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FILMS; POLYIMIDES;

GUEST-HOST POLYIMIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032613999     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003893     Document Type: Article

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