Soft lithography replication of polymeric microring optical resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2452-2458

  Huang, Yanyi ^a   Paloczi, George T ^a   Scheuer, Jacob ^a   Yariv, Anmon ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURING; LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FABRICATION ERRORS; INTEGRATED OPTICS DEVICES; INTEGRATED OPTICS MATERIALS; POLYMER WAVEGUIDE FIBERS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 1642617409     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002452     Document Type: Article

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