Electronics Letters · 1993 · 100 citations · 4 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceOptical MaterialsOpticsPhotonicsIntegrated OpticsOptical PolymersOptical Thin FilmsOptical WaveguidesPolymer Thin FilmsWaveguidesIntegrated Optical WaveguidesLow-loss Optical PolymersMoisture StabilityPlanar Optical WaveguidesPolyimidesPolymer WaveguidesSingle-mode WaveguidesThermally Stable Optical Polymers
Singlemode polymer optical waveguides are fabricated using fluorinated polyimides. The optical waveguides exhibit a low loss of less than 0.3dB/cm parallel to the waveguide plane (TE polarisation) at 1.3μm, and have thermal and moisture stability.
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