Eu3+-doped planar optical polymer waveguide amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1024-1026

  Tsang, K C ^a   Wong, C Y ^a   Pun, E Y B ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; optical amplifiers; optical polymers; waveguides

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION PROCESS; NEGATIVE PHOTORESISTS; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATIONS; OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL POLYMERS; POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT; STANDARD PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SU-8 POLYMER;

AMPLIFICATION; EUROPIUM; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTONICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77953698793     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2049100     Document Type: Article

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