Title :
Nanoporous polymer liquid core waveguides
Author :
Gopalakrishnan, Nimi ; Christiansen, Mads B. ; Ndoni, Sokol ; Kristensen, Anders ; Sagar, Kaushal S. ; Vigild, Martin E.
Author_Institution :
DTU Nanotech, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We demonstrate liquid core waveguides defined by UV to enable selective water infiltration in nanoporous polymers, creating an effective refractive index shift Δn=0.13. The mode confinement and propagation loss in these waveguides are presented.
Keywords :
Biomedical optical imaging; Etching; Liquid waveguides; Nanoporous materials; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Self-assembly;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
