Dr. Robert Blum Profile

Dr. Robert Blum

Head of PLM at Applied Materials, Inc.

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Proceedings Article | 28 February 2020 Presentation + Paper

Integrated silicon photonics for high-volume data center applications

Robert Blum

Proceedings Volume 11286, 112860M (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2550326

KEYWORDS: Silicon photonics, Switches, Data centers, Integrated optics, Modulators, Silicon, Transceivers, Waveguides, Optics manufacturing, Semiconducting wafers, Hybrid silicon lasers

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 2004 Paper

Polymer variable optical attenuator arrays: pathway from material platform to qualified telecom product

Tony Kowalczyk, Robert Blum

Proceedings Volume 5517, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.560490

KEYWORDS: Signal attenuation, Reliability, Refractive index, Polymers, Thermal optics, Waveguides, Temperature metrology, Variable optical attenuators, Optical arrays, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 10 November 2003 Paper

High reliability of silicone materials for use as polymer waveguides

Ann Norris, Jon DeGroot, Takuya Ogawa, Toshinori Watanabe, Tony Kowalczyk, April Baugher, Robert Blum

Proceedings Volume 5212, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.505071

KEYWORDS: Polymers, Waveguides, Silicon, Polymer multimode waveguides, Reliability, Refractive index, Optical properties, Photonic devices, Reactive ion etching, Thermography

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Proceedings Article | 1 February 2001 Paper

Application of the scanning Kelvin microscopy for nondestructive material characterization

Andrej Ivankov, Robert Blum, Torsten Prasse, Jan Sandler, Wolfang Bauhofer

Proceedings Volume 4348, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417638

KEYWORDS: Electrodes, Nonlinear optics, Microscopy, Polymers, Gallium arsenide, Polymer thin films, Carbon, Epoxies, Gold, Nondestructive evaluation

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Proceedings Article | 29 November 2000 Paper

Depth profiling of the Chi(2) distribution in poled nonlinear optical polymer films

Robert Blum, Kersten Pfeifer, Manfred Eich

Proceedings Volume 4106, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.408500

KEYWORDS: Polymers, Absorption, Electrodes, Polymer thin films, Polarization, Argon ion lasers, Microscopy, Profiling, Nonlinear optics, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 1999 Paper

Measurement of the X(2) distribution in poled nonlinear optical polymer films

Robert Blum, Kersten Pfeifer, Gerrit Schoer, Andrej Ivankov, Manfred Eich

Proceedings Volume 3796, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.368293

KEYWORDS: Electrodes, Polymers, Gold, Nonlinear optics, Absorption, Polymer thin films, Microscopy, Polarization, Signal detection, Image analysis

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Proceedings Article | 13 October 1997 Paper

Mapping of the lateral polar orientational distribution in second-order nonlinear thin films by scanning second-harmonic microscopy (SSHM)

Markus Adameck, Jan Vydra, Robert Blum, T. Stollhof, G. Karrasch, Manfred Eich

Proceedings Volume 3147, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.284245

KEYWORDS: Electrodes, Microscopy, Microscopes, Thin films, Electroactive polymers, Gold, Nonlinear optics, Polymers, Reflection, Second-harmonic generation

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Proceedings Article | 1 November 1996 Paper

Electrical conduction processes and high-electric-field poling in nonlinear optical polymers

Manfred Eich, Robert Blum, Martin Sprave

Proceedings Volume 2852, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.256160

KEYWORDS: Polymers, Electrodes, Interfaces, Metals, Dielectric breakdown, Chromophores, Dielectrics, Nonlinear optics, Electro optics, Dielectric polarization

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 1996 Paper

Chi(2) materials: high-field poling

Manfred Eich, Robert Blum, Martin Sprave

Proceedings Volume 10285, 102850E (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.245254

KEYWORDS: Nonlinear optics, Polymers

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 1995 Paper

Conductive low-index buffer layer for electro-optic polymer waveguides

Martin Sprave, Robert Blum, Harald Bock, Hanno Beisinghoff, Hubertus Feix, Manfred Eich

Proceedings Volume 2527, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.222784

KEYWORDS: Polymers, Electro optics, Nonlinear optics, Waveguides, Electro optic polymers, Electrodes, Chromophores, Electrical breakdown, Channel waveguides, Dielectrics

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