Title :
Fabrication of high concentration rare-earth-doped silica-based waveguide by MCVD method
Author :
Wu, B. ; Chu, P.L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng., New South Wales Univ., Kensington, NSW, Australia
fDate :
6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Reports a technique of fabricating a buried channel silica-based optical waveguide containing the largest rare-earth concentration ever reported, i.e., 3 wt% in Nd/sub 2/O/sub 3/. Instead of the flame hydrolysis technique, these waveguides are manufactured by the standard MCVD method originally designed for fiber preform fabrication.<>
Keywords :
chemical vapour deposition; neodymium compounds; optical fibre fabrication; silicon compounds; MCVD method; SiO/sub 2/:Nd/sub 2/O/sub 3/; buried channel SiO/sub 2/-based optical waveguide; concentration; high concentration rare-earth-doped SiO/sub 2/-based waveguide; Doping; Etching; Fires; Glass; Manufacturing; Optical device fabrication; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Preforms; Silicon compounds;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
