Abstract
A new interfacial-gel copolymerization technique is proposed to prepare steric gradient-index (GRIN) optical waveguides and lens arrays. Since the GRIN profile is obtained from the thin-gel phase formed on the wall of a polymer substrate, many geometrical GRIN materials, such as axial-, radial-, and spherical-GRIN, can be monolithically fabricated. In this paper the principle of GRIN formation is clarified, and a few steric radial- GRIN circuit components are demonstrated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 486-491 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Applied Optics |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1988 Feb 1 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering