Polymer-based thermo-optic waveguide beam deflector with novel dual folded-thin-strip heating electrodes

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 620-624

  Kim, Jin Ha ^a   Sun, Lin ^a   Jang, Chiou Hung ^a   Choi, Chul Chae ^a   Chen, Ray T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam deflectors; Integrated optics; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Polymers; Thermo optic effects

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS;

BEAM DEFLECTORS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0037355976     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1534594     Document Type: Article

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