Polymer variable optical attenuator arrays: Pathway from material platform to qualified telecom product

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5517, Issue , 2004, Pages 50-61

  Kowalczyk, Tony ^a   Blum, Robert ^a  

^a Gemfire Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Component reliability; Polymer devices; Polymer photonics; Variable optical attenuator; VOA

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT RELIABILITY; POLYMER DEVICES; POLYMER PHOTONICS; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATORS (VOA);

HALOGENATION; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OPTIMIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RELIABILITY; SILICON; STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS;

EID: 13244255234     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.560490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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