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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
