Volume relaxation in polymers and its effect on waveguide applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2325-2331

  Zhang, Zhiyi ^a   Xiao, Gaozhi ^a   Grover, Chander P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GLASS TRANSITION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TEMPERATURE;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS; GLASSY POLYMERS; POLYMER WAVEGUIDE DEVICES; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATORS; VOLUME RELAXATION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 2342616197     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.002325     Document Type: Article

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