Strain induced tunable wavelength filters based on flexible polymer waveguide Bragg reflector

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1423-1430

  Kim, Kyung Jo ^a   Seo, Jun Kyu ^a   Oh, Min Cheol ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BRAGG REFLECTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; STRAIN; WAVELENGTH;

ABSORBING LAYER; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; WAVELENGTH FILTERS;

WAVEGUIDES;

POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; TRANSDUCER;

ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT; POLYMERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 39049130103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001423     Document Type: Article

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