Novel sol-gel fabrication of integrated optical waveguides

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2997, Issue , 1997, Pages 72-78

  Fardad, M A ^a   Andrews, Mark P ^a   Najafi, S Iraj ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; GELATION; GELS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTONICS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEGUIDES;

CLADDING LAYERS; FABRICATION PROCESSES; GLASS FILMS; PROPAGATION LOSS (PL); SOL - GEL; ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT;

PHOTOSENSITIVE GLASS;

EID: 0343992326     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.264134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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