Fabrication of graded index waveguides in azo polymers using a direct writing technique

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Karimi Alavijeh, Hamidreza ^a   Parsanasab, Gholam Mohammad ^a   Baghban, Mohammad Amin ^a   Sarailou, Edris ^a   Gharavi, Alireza ^a   Javadpour, Sirus ^a   Shkunov, Vladimir ^b,c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Trans Photonics LLC   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CHROMOPHORES; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; POLYMERS;

AZO POLYMERS; DIRECT WRITING TECHNIQUE; GRADED INDEX WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE DEFORMATION;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 38849139067     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2838341     Document Type: Article

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