Thermo-optic controllable hybrid photonic polymers containing inorganic nanoparticles

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2377-2381

  Kurata, Yu ^a   Sugihara, Okihiro ^a   Kaino, Toshikuni ^a   Komatsu, Kyoji ^b   Kambe, Nobuyuki ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SENDAI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NanoGram Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID MATERIALS; LIGHT REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS;

EPOXY POLYMERS; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; HIGH-T; HYBRID POLYMERS; INORGANIC MATERIALS; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; POLYMER MATERIALS; THERMOOPTICS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 73849136083     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.002377     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. K. Okamoto, "Recent progress of integrated optics planar lightwave circuits," Opt. Quantum Electron. 31, 107-129 (1999).
2. A. Himeno, K. Kato, and T. Miya, "Silica-based planar lightwave curcuits," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 2, 913-924 (1998).
3. H. Ma, A. K.-Y. Jen, and L. R. Dalton, "Polymer-based optical waveguide: materials, processing, and devices," Adv. Mater. 14, 1339-1365 (2002).
4. L. Eldada, "Optical communication components," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75, 575-593 (2004).
5. K. Tamaki, H. Takase, Y. Eriyama, and T. Ukachi, "Recent progress on polymer waveguide materials," J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 16, 639-648 (2003).
6. Z. Zhang, G. Z. Xiao, P. Zhao, and C. P. Grover, "Planar waveguide-based silica-polymer hybrid variable optical attenuator and its associated polymer," Appl. Opt. 44, 2402-2408 (2005).
7. Y. Inouwe, A. Kaneko, F. Hanawa, H. Takahashi, K. Hattori, and S. Sumida, "Athermal silica-based arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexer," Electron. Lett. 33, 1945-1946 (1997).
8. W. Caseri, "Nanocomposites of polymers and metals or semiconductors: historical background and optical properties," Macromol. Rapid Commun. 21, 705-722 (2000).
9. C. Sanchez, B. Lebeau, F. Chaput, and J.-P. Boilot, "Optical properties of functional hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposites," Adv. Mater. 15, 1969-1994 (2003).
10. 2 films," Opt. Mater. 18, 373-381 (2002).
11. G. Ghosh, "Model for the thermo-optic coefficients of some standard optical glasses," J. Non-Cryst. Solids 189, 191-196 (1995).
12. M. N. Inci, G. Gulsen, M. A. Yaradanakul, Z. Kaplan, and G. Aktas, "Experimental determination of the thermo-optic properties of zirconium dioxide coating," J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 30, 517-521 (1997).
13. Y. Terui and S. Ando, "Anisotropy in thermo-optic coefficients of polyimide films formed on Si substrates," Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 4755-4757 (2003).
14. M. Tomiki, N. Kurihara, O. Sugihara, and N. Okamoto, "A new method for accurately measuring temperature dependence of refractive index," Opt. Rev. 12, 97-99 (2005).
15. E. S. Kang, J. U. Park, and B. S. Bae, "Effect of organic modifiers on the thermo-optic characteristics of organic-inorganic hybrid material films," J. Mater. Res. 18, 1889-1894 (2003).
16. 2 nanohybrid polymer," J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 10143-10148 (2009).