Electrooptic polymer modulator with single-mode to multimode waveguide transitions

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1051-1053

  DeRose, Christopher T ^a   Mathine, David ^a   Enami, Yasufumi ^a   Norwood, Robert A ^a   Luo, Jingdong ^b   Jen, Alex K Y ^b   Peyghambarian, Nasser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrooptic (EO) polymer; Grayscale lithography; Modulator; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

CONFINEMENT FACTOR; COUPLING LOSS; ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMERS; ELECTROOPTIC POLYMER; EO POLYMER; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; GRAY-SCALE LITHOGRAPHY; HALF-WAVE VOLTAGE; MULTI-MODE WAVEGUIDES; MULTIMODE POLYMERS; POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; SINGLE MODE;

GELS; LITHOGRAPHY; MODULATORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

POLYMERS;

GELS; LITHOGRAPHY; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVITY; SOLS;

EID: 58049136569     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.924177     Document Type: Article

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