Low-loss polymeric materials for passive waveguide components in fiber optical telecommunication

Optical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1631-1643

  Zhou, Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluorinated polymers; Passive components; Polymers; Telecommunication; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICONES; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBER OPTICAL TELECOMMUNICATION; PLANAR WAVEGUIDE TECHNOLOGY; POLYMER CHEMISTRY;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0036649353     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1481895     Document Type: Article

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