TM-pass polymer modulators with poling-induced waveguides and self-aligned electrodes

Electronics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 721-722

  Kim, S K ^a   Geary, K ^a   Chang, D H ^a   Fetterman, H R ^a   Zhang, H ^b   Zhang, C ^b   Wang, C ^b   Steier, W H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pacific Wave Industries   (United States)

^c University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIGHT SOURCES; POLARIZATION; WAVEGUIDES;

POLYMER MODULATORS;

MODULATORS;

EID: 0038177932     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20030493     Document Type: Article

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