• 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