Photothermal behavior of an optical path adhesive used for photonics applications at 1550 nm

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 36, 2001, Pages 6611-6617

  De Rosa, Michael ^a   Logunov, Stephan ^a  

^a Corning Incorporated Science and Technology Division ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; GLASS TRANSITION; LASER PULSES; PHOTONS; PYROLYSIS;

PHOTONICS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0038785940     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.006611     Document Type: Article

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