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Title:	Artificial dielectric polymeric optical waveguides
Author:	Chen, Peng
View Online:	njit-etd1991-093 ([v], 81 pages ~ 1.4 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Electrical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Grebel, Haim (Committee chair) Niver, Edip (Committee member) Sosnowski, Marek (Committee member)
Date:	1991-01
Keywords:	Optical wave guides Dielectric wave guides Dielectric films
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Wave propagation in artificial dielectric polymeric optical thin film waveguides is studied. These artificial dielectric films are made of multiple layers either metallic or semiconductor clusters in polymeric matrix. The waveguides are fabricated using the plasma polymerization and vacuumm evaporation deposition method. By analyzing results of these kinds of structures, some important conclusions can be obtained. The artificial dielectric layer in the waveguide center effectively changes the modal distribution in the waveguides. In the case of semiconductor layer, an all optical switch may be realized.