Properties of ormosil slab waveguides based on sol-gel precursors tetramethoxysilane and trimethoxysilylpropylmethacrylate

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3469, Issue , 1998, Pages 108-117

  Seddon, Angela B ^a   Adamjee, Adil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Wetcover Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Ormosil; Refractive index; Sol gel; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); FILM THICKNESS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; WAVEGUIDES; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ABBE REFRACTOMETERS; ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT; GOOD OPTICAL QUALITY; METHYLACRYLIC ACIDS; ORMOSIL; REFRACTIVE INDEX DISPERSION; SOL-GEL PRECURSORS; TETRAMETHOXYSILANE;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 85076811926     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.312910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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