Refractive index control in bicomponent polymer films for integrated thermo-optical applications

Optical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Soave, Paulo Azevedo ^a   Dau, Ronaldo Andŕ Ferreira ^a   Becker, Márcia Regina ^a   Pereira, Marcelo Barbalho ^a   Horowitz, Flavio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ellipsometry; poly(methyl methacrylate); polycarbonate; polymer; thermo optic

Indexed keywords

DEVICE APPLICATION; DISPERSION CURVES; FILM COMPOSITION; INDEX CONTRASTS; LORENTZ; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; REFRACTIVE INDEX VARIATIONS; THERMO-MECHANICAL; THERMO-OPTICAL; THERMOOPTICS; TRANSPARENT POLYMER;

ESTERS; LIGHT REFRACTION; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERIC FILMS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SILICA; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 79952808152     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3275452     Document Type: Article

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