Hoechst Celanese Corporation

Pascal J Landi

James E Kuder

Elizabeth E Fernekess

Kevin F Manning

Matthew Cardone

Garo Khanarian

David R Haas

Robert Norwood

The invention relates to multiple fiber connectors for thermoplastic optical couplers and fibers. The multiple-fiber connectors facilitate the connection of optical fibers to a star coupler and provide low levels of light loss between input/output ports of a coupler. The invention further relates to a terminator hot plate apparatus for the semiautomatic termination of optical fiber ends, and a new cladding material for thermoplastic optical couplers and fibers.

Multiple fiber connector for injection molded multiple fiberoptic

This invention provides process embodiments for fabrication of organic optical waveguides. A preferred invention optical waveguide consists of a thin film matrix of three electrodes, one of which has a spatial periodic structure, and a side chain polymeric waveguiding medium positioned between two side chain polymeric cladding layers. The electrodes are adapted to apply electric fields of opposite polarity and to pole the polymer side chains bidirectionally in a noncentrosymmetric orientation of periodic reverse polarity. The waveguiding medium and cladding thin films exhibit second order nonlinear optical susceptibility .chi..sup.(2), and are adapted to phase-match propagating radiation waves.

Polymeric waveguides with bidirectional poling for radiation

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Pascal J Landi