Fluorinated polyimides for optical waveguides
- NTT Interdisciplinary Research Labs., Tokyo (Japan)
Polymeric optical materials are expected to be used for optical communication components, such as optical waveguides in multichip interconnections, mainly because of their good processability. However, conventional polymeric optical materials, such as poly(methyl methacrylate) and polycarbonate, have poor thermal stability, and conventional thermally stable polyimides do not have the transparency and controllable refractive indices needed in optical materials. A new optical polymer needs to be developed that has both thermal stability and good optical properties. Therefore we have been investigating fluorinated polyimides for optical communication components. This paper reports on properties of our fluorinated polyimides and fabrication of optical waveguides using these polyimides.
- OSTI ID:
- 370854
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960376-; TRN: 96:003805-0916
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), New Orleans, LA (United States), 24-28 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 211th ACS national meeting; PB: 2284 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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