Fabrication and analysis of a low-loss in-fiber active polymer waveguide

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 933-939

  Smith, Kevin H ^a   Markos, Doug J ^a   Ipson, Benjamin L ^a   Schultz, Stephen M ^a   Selfridge, Richard H ^a   Barber, John P ^a   Campbell, Kevin J ^a   Monte, Thomas D ^a   Dyott, Richard B ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b KVH Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; ETCHING; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; INSERTION LOSSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL SENSORS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SPIN COATING; WAVEGUIDES;

CHEMICAL ETCHING; ELECTROOPTIC MODULATOR; ELECTROOPTIC POLYMER WAVEGUIDE; PHASE MODULATOR; TUNABLE FILTER;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 1142303755     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.000933     Document Type: Article

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