Integrated hollow waveguides with arch-shaped cores

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-30

  Barber, John P ^a,b   Lunt, Evan J ^b   George, Zachary A ^b   Yin, Dongliang ^a,c   Schmidt, Holger ^a,c   Hawkins, Aaron R ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW); Fabrication; Hollow waveguide; Liquid waveguide; Micromachining

Indexed keywords

ARCH-SHAPED GEOMETRY; HOLLOW WAVEGUIDE; LIQUID WAVEGUIDE; OPTICAL CONFINEMENT; OPTICAL MODE GUIDING;

ETCHING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MICROMACHINING; PHOTORESISTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 29244474718     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.859990     Document Type: Article

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