Title :
Heat-resistant singlemode optical waveguides using fluorinated polyimides
Author :
Matsuura, T. ; Ando, Shin ; Matsui, Soya ; Sasaki, Seishi ; Yamamoto, Fumihiko
Author_Institution :
NTT Interdisciplinary Res. Lab., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
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 1.3 mu m, and have thermal and moisture stability.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; 0.3 dB; 1.3 micron; TE polarisation; fluorinated polyimides; heat-resistant singlemode optical waveguides; low loss; moisture stability; single mode polymer optical waveguides; thermal stability;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931409
