Low loss chalcogenide glass waveguides by thermal nano-imprint lithography

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 19286-19291

  Han, Ting ^a   Madden, Steve ^a   Bulla, Douglas ^a   Luther Davies, Barry ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; WAVEGUIDES;

1550 NM; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; LOW LOSS; NANO-IMPRINT; RIB WAVEGUIDES; SOFT STAMPS;

ELECTRIC LOSSES;

EID: 77956366411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.019286     Document Type: Article

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