Absorption and scattering in low-loss polymer optical waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 908-912

  Pitois, Claire ^a   Hult, Anders ^a   Wiesmann, Dorothea ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRISMS;

PHOTOTHERMAL DEFLECTION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0035616446     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000908     Document Type: Article

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