Polymer integrated optics: Promise vs. practicality

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4642, Issue , 2002, Pages 11-22

  Eldada, Louay ^a  

^a Telephotonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Electro optics; Integrated optics; Manufacturing; Polymers; Thermo optics

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; MANUFACTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STRESSES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

OPTICAL POLYMERS; THERMO-OPTICS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 0036029052     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.470454     Document Type: Conference Paper

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