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Photonic Polymers For Optical Switching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2011

Winfried H.G. Horsthuis
Winfried H.G. Horsthuis*
Affiliation:
Akzo Research Laboratories Arnhem, Corporate Research P.O.Box 9300, 6800 SB Arnhem, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Photonic polymers and devices with improved performances are reported. Optical losses in electro-opic polymers below 0.5 dB/cm at 1.3 and 1.6 μm have been realized. IMprovements in thermal stability have led to poled polymers exhibiting a relaxation time of 1 12 days at 125°C. The thermo-optic switches reported here are close to the requirements in telecommunications, and electro-optic devices with low switching voltages and high extinction coefficients are described as well.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 328: Symposium Q – Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials , 1993 , 491
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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