Photochemical fabrication of nonlinear optical polymer waveguides

Iain McCulloch*, George Boudoughian, Hong‐Tai ‐T Man

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Abstract

Waveguides based on methacrylate polymers containing active dinitrostilbene chromophores have been fabricated by photobleaching using a xenon lamp. The efficiency of photobleaching, as well as the effective refractive index changes obtainable, represent a singnificant improvement over currently used materials, single‐mode waveguides being formed with a optical loss of less than 1 dB cm−1.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)715-718
Number of pages4
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume7
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1995
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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