Characterization of UV written waveguides with luminescence microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 5170-5178

  Svalgaard, Mikael ^a   Harpøth, Anders ^a   Rosbirk, Tue ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DEFECTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WAVEGUIDE FORMATION DYNAMICS;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 22744451649     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005170     Document Type: Article

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