• DocumentCode
    840977
  • Title

    Silver-film ion-exchanged singlemode waveguides in Er doped phosphate glass

  • Author

    Honkanen, S. ; Najafi, S.I. ; Poyhonen, P. ; Wang, Wei Jhih ; Chrostowski, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Equipe Photonique de Montreal, Ecole Polytech., Montreal, Que., Canada
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    2167
  • Lastpage
    2168
  • Abstract
    The first fabrication of ion-exchanged waveguides in erbium doped phosphate glasses is reported. Singlemode channel waveguides are fabricated into a new erbium doped phosphate glass by a dry silver-film ion exchange technique. Mode profiles, transmission and fluorescence spectra of the fabricated waveguides are presented.
  • Keywords
    erbium; integrated optics; ion exchange; optical glass; optical waveguides; phosphate glasses; P 2O 5:Er glass; fluorescence spectra; glass; ion-exchanged waveguides; mode profiles; transmission spectra;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19911341
  • Filename
    104103