Characterization of ultrathin dielectric films with the prism-coupler method

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1206-1212

  Chiang, Kin Sheng ^a   Cheng, Sin Yip ^a   Liu, Qing ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Optical films; Optical planar waveguides; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMER FILMS; PRISMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

INDEX-MATCHING LIQUIDS; OPTICAL POLYMERS; PRISM-COUPLER METHOD;

DIELECTRIC FILMS;

EID: 34248555893     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.893024     Document Type: Article

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