Structure-property relationship of fluorinated co-poly(arylene ether sulfide)s and co-poly(arylene ether sulfone)s for low-loss and low-birefringence waveguide devices

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 364-373

  Kang, Jae Wook ^a,b   Kim, Jae Pil ^c   Lee, Jae Suk ^a   Kim, Jang Joo ^d  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI)   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fluorinated poly(arylene ether sulfide)s; Fluorinated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s; Low birefringence; Low loss; Optical polymer waveguides; Thermally stable

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; COPOLYMERS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POLYETHERS; POLYSULFIDES; POLYSULFONES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FLUORINATED POLYARYLENE ETHER SULFIDES; FLUORINATED POLYARYLENE ETHER SULFONES; OPTICAL POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIP;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 13244269946     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.834980     Document Type: Article

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