Design and fabrication of poly(dimethylsiloxane) single-mode rib waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 11739-11746

  Kee, Jack Sheng ^a,b   Poenar, Daniel Puiu ^b   Neuzil, Pavel ^a   Yobas, Levent ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

(130.5460) Integrated optics, Polymer waveguides; (220.4000) Optical design and fabrication, Microstructure fabrication; (230.7390) Waveguides, planar

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROCHANNELS; OPTICAL DESIGN; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

(230.7390) WAVEGUIDES, PLANAR; LAB-ON-A-CHIP SYSTEMS; MICRO-OPTICAL COMPONENTS; MICROSTRUCTURE FABRICATION; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; SINGLE MODE PROPAGATION; SINGLE-MODE RIB WAVEGUIDES;

WAVEGUIDES;

BAYSILON; DIMETICONE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROCHIP ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 67650553294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.011739     Document Type: Article

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