Tailoring the transmission characteristics of polymer long-period waveguide gratings by UV irradiation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2340-2342

  Liu, Qing ^a   Chiang, Kin Seng ^a   Lor, Kar Pong ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Long period gratings; Optical polymer waveguides; Optical waveguide filters; Optical waveguides

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; OPTICAL POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FILTERS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 27744442994     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.858150     Document Type: Article

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