High Δn strip-loaded electro-optic polymer waveguide modulator with low insertion loss

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3316-3321

  DeRose, Christopher T ^a   Himmelhuber, R ^a   Mathine, D ^a   Norwood, R A ^a   Luo, J ^b   Jen, A K Y ^b   Peyghambarian, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; INSERTION LOSSES; MODULATORS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GELS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; WAVEGUIDES;

ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMERS; FABRICATED DEVICE; HALF-WAVE VOLTAGE; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURES; LOW INSERTION LOSS; OPTICAL INSERTION LOSS; PASSIVE WAVEGUIDES; WET ETCH TECHNIQUES;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 61549092224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.003316     Document Type: Article

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