Tunable planar polymer Bragg gratings having exceptionally low polarization sensitivity

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1083-1088

  Zou, Han ^a   Beeson, Karl W ^a   Shacklette, Lawrence W ^a  

^a Corning Polymer Photonics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Planar waveguide; Polarization sensitivity; Polymer Bragg grating; Strain; Thermal tuning; Trenches

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANNEALING; ETCHING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL EXPANSION; THIN FILMS;

THERMAL TUNING;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0038493648     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.810082     Document Type: Article

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