Polarization selective electro-optic polymer waveguide devices by direct electron beam writing

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 8472-8479

  Haishan, Sun ^a   Chen, Antao ^a,b   Olbricht, Benjamin C ^b   Davies, Joshua A ^b   Sullivan, Philip A ^b   Yi, Liao ^c   Zhengwei, Shi ^a   Jingdong, Luo ^a   Jen, Alex K Y ^a,b   Dalton, Larry R ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FABRICATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; WAVEGUIDES;

DIRECT ELECTRON BEAM WRITING; ELECTRIC FIELD POLING; ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMERS; MICRORING RESONATOR; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; POLARIZATION EXTINCTION RATIO; POLING DIRECTIONS; POLYMER POLARIZER;

WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; POLYMERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 45249106132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008472     Document Type: Article

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