DocumentCode
421953
Title
Aqueous-core waveguides using a low-index nanoporous cladding
Author
Risk, W.P. ; Kim, H.-C. ; Miller, R.D. ; Temkin, E.
Author_Institution
Almaden Res. Center, IBM Corp., San Jose, CA
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
We have observed optical waveguiding in structures made by sandwiching an aqueous layer between two low-index nanoporous films. We report characterization of these waveguides using prism coupling and scanned fluorescence excitation
Keywords
claddings; fluorescence; nanoporous materials; optical couplers; optical films; optical planar waveguides; optical prisms; optical testing; refractive index; aqueous-core waveguides; low-index cladding; low-index films; nanoporous cladding; nanoporous films; optical waveguiding; planar waveguide structure; prism coupling; scanned fluorescence excitation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1361415
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