Improvement of the optical transmission of polymer planar waveguides by plasma treatment

Plasma Processes and Polymers

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-288

  Airoudj, Aissam ^a,b   Debarnot, Dominique ^a   Bêche, Bruno ^c   Boulard, Brigitte ^a   Poncin Epaillard, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

ESCA XPS; Optical losses; Plasma fluorination; Polymer planar optical waveguide; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOSSES; FLUORINATION; HALOGENATION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; OPTICAL LOSSES; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYMERS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ESCA/XPS; GLYCIDYL ETHERS; INCIDENT ANGLES; PLASMA FLUORINATION; PLASMA TREATMENT; POLYMER PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RF PLASMA TREATMENTS; SURFACE FLUORINATION;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 54149105577     PISSN: 16128850     EISSN: 16128869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppap.200700123     Document Type: Article

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