Self-assembled hollow waveguides with hybrid metal-dielectric Bragg claddings

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 12595-12604

  Ponnampalam, N ^a   DeCorby, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LASER CLADDING; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; THIN FILMS;

DELAMINATION BUCKLES; HOLLOW WAVEGUIDES; METAL-DIELECTRIC BRAGG CLADDINGS; PROPAGATION LOSS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 35148862529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.012595     Document Type: Article

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