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Fundamental Performance Limits of Active Polymer Integrated Optics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Rick Lytel
Rick Lytel*
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Akzo Nobel Electronic Products Inc., 1257-C Tasman Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089
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Abstract

This paper presents a summary of the benefits and limits of active polymer waveguide devices and an overview of the use of active EO polymers in modulation devices with reduced length.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 392: Symposium U – Thin Films for Integrated Optics Applications , 1995 , 65
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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