Abstract

Organic materials are suitable for fabrication of low-loss optical circuits and devices¹ for a number of reasons: very smooth surfaces with low scattering losses can be produced; many organic materials with a wide range of refractive indices transmit at visible and near-IR wavelengths; some organic materials have useful properties (e.g., photorefractivity, large nonlinear coefficient, and selective adsorption); and some highly cross-linked organic materials (e.g., polyethylene) can be used in chemically hostile environments unsuitable for other optical materials (e.g., glass).

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