• DocumentCode
    1131169
  • Title

    Low-loss Cu+-Na+ ion exchanged optical channel waveguides in glass

  • Author

    Yin, M. ; Oven, R. ; Davies, P.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron., Univ. of Kent, Canterbury, UK
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    20
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    1265
  • Lastpage
    1266
  • Abstract
    Electric field assisted Cu+-Na+ ion exchanged optical channel waveguides have been produced in Corning 7740 borosilicate glass using a Cu film source. Average losses of 1.0, 0.45 and 0.3 dB/cm, at wavelengths of 633, 850 and 1300 nm, respectively, have been measured.
  • Keywords
    borosilicate glasses; copper; metallic thin films; optical losses; optical waveguides; sodium; 1300 nm; 633 nm; 850 nm; B2O3-SiO2; Corning 7740 borosilicate glass; Cu; Cu film source; Na; electric field assisted ion exchanged optical channel waveguide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20046406
  • Filename
    1342144