DocumentCode
520587
Title
Nanoporous polymer liquid core waveguides
Author
Gopalakrishnan, Nimi ; Christiansen, Mads B. ; Ndoni, Sokol ; Kristensen, Anders ; Sagar, Kaushal S. ; Vigild, Martin E.
Author_Institution
DTU Nanotech, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate liquid core waveguides defined by UV to enable selective water infiltration in nanoporous polymers, creating an effective refractive index shift Δn=0.13. The mode confinement and propagation loss in these waveguides are presented.
Keywords
Biomedical optical imaging; Etching; Liquid waveguides; Nanoporous materials; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Self-assembly;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5500172
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