DocumentCode
282002
Title
Observation of self-lensing in a 4B CMU polymer waveguide
Author
Valera, J.D. ; Darzi, A. ; Walker, A.C. ; Krug, W. ; Miao, E. ; Derstine, M. ; Polky, J.N.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
fYear
1989
fDate
32654
Firstpage
42430
Lastpage
42433
Abstract
The fast, nonresonant nonlinearities of polydiacetylenes make them attractive candidates for all-optical, ultrafast, signal processing. The authors report the observation of self-lensing in a polydiacetylene 4BCMU thin film waveguide
Keywords
optical films; optical self-focusing; optical waveguides; polymer films; all-optical ultrafast signal processing; fast nonresonant nonlinearities; optical waveguide; polydiacetylene 4BCMU thin film waveguide; polymer waveguide; self-lensing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Applications of Ultrashort Pulses for Optoelectronics, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
Filename
198521
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