Optical Technique, Volume. 51, Issue 4, 485(2025)

Sol-gel preparation of high refractive index PDMS and its optical waveguides

LI Xinyuan and TONG Zhaomin*
Author Affiliations
  • Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optical Devices, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030000, China
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    Received: Mar. 3, 2025

    Accepted: Aug. 12, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 12, 2025

    The Author Email: TONG Zhaomin (zhaomim.tong@sxu.edu.cn)

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