UV written waveguide devices using crosslinkable PMMA-based copolymers

Electronics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 394-395

  Koo, J S ^a   Williams, R B ^a   Gawith, C B E ^a   Watts, S P ^a   Emmerson, G D ^a   Albanis, V ^a   Smith, P G R ^a   Grossel, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; CROSSLINKING; FIBER LASERS; HELIUM NEON LASERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

INTEGRATED OPTICAL DEVICES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0037456423     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20030274     Document Type: Article

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