Highly-halogenated low optical loss polymer
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsKeith A. Horn, Thomas M. Leslie, James V. Suggs, Mingqian He
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Abstract
A polyester having less than 50 hydrogen-carbon bonds per 1000 molecular weight units exhibits very low optical loss in the range of wavelengths commonly used for optical communication, and exhibits other physical properties suitable for use as a waveguide core material and/or a waveguide cladding material in optical fibers and/or planar optical devices.
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A polyester having less than 50 hydrogen-carbon bonds per 1000 molecular weight units, and an optical loss of less than 0.5 dB/cm at 1550 nm, the polyester containing halogen atoms, wherein less than 90% of the halogen atoms are fluorine atoms.
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