Polymer-Based Devices for Optical Communications

ETRI Journal

关键词: Optical Communications;    Optical Device;    Polymer;   

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DOI  :  10.4218/etrij.02.0102.0401

【 摘 要 】

Polymers are emerging as new alternative materials for optical communication devices. We developed two types of polymer-based devices for optical communications. One type is for ultra high-speed signal processing that uses nonlinear optical (NLO) polymers

   

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