Perfluoropolymer optical waveguides with low propagation loss and high reliability

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6331, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kuwana, Y ^a   Takenobu, S ^a   Takayama, K ^a   Morizawa, Y ^a  

^a ASAHI GLASS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical waveguide; Perfluoropolymer; Polymer; Splitter

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RELIABILITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DOPANTS; PERFLUOROPOLYMERS; PROPAGATION LOSS; WAVELENGTHS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33751429130     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.682331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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