Cost effective fabrication of waveguides for PLCs with replication in UV curable sol-gel material

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5451, Issue , 2004, Pages 465-474

  Gimkiewicz, Christiane ^a   Thiele, Hans ^a   Zschokke, Christian ^a   Mahmud Skender, Sanida ^a   Westenhöfer, Susanne ^a   Gale, Michael T ^a  

^a CSEM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

PLC; Replication; Sol Gel; Telecom; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CURING; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; POLYACRYLATES; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOL-GELS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ORGANOSILCATES; POLYMER FOIL; REPLICATION; TELECOM;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 10244268265     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.545410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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