Thermally induced optical beam steering in polymeric slab waveguide

Proceedings of WFOPC2005 - 4th IEEE/LEOS Workshop on Fibres and Optical Passive Components

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 293-298

  Cocorullo, Giuseppe ^a   Iodice, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIATION; ROUTERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

EFFICIENT BEAM STEERING; INTER-CHIP; INTRA-CHIP; OXIDIZED SILICON SUBSTRATE; THERMO-OPTIC COEFFICIENT;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33744983954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WFOPC.2005.1462142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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