Nanoporosity effect in optical loss of single-mode polymer waveguides

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 3684-3690

  Yeniay, Aydin ^a   Gao, Renfeng ^a  

^a Photon X Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION; POROSITY; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

COMPACT DEVICES; FABRICATION PROCESS; LOW PROPAGATION LOSS; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENT; POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; POROUS STRUCTURES; PROPAGATION LOSS; WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 77955932496     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.003684     Document Type: Article

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