Influence of Ag/sup +/-Na/sup +/ ion-exchange equilibrium on waveguide index profiles

Author

Ramaswamy, Ramu V. ; Srivastava, Ramakant ; Chludzinski, P. ; Anderson, T.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA

Volume

24

Issue

5

fYear

1988

fDate

5/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

780

Lastpage

786

Abstract

The Ag/sup +/-Na/sup +/ ion-exchange process in a soda-lime silicate glass was studied at 330 degrees as a function of composition of AgNO/sub 3/-NaNO/sub 3/ melt, mixing condition, and exchange time. The concentration profile of silver in glass was measured by atomic absorption spectroscopy and SEM technique. The surface index change and the index profile were determined from mode index measurement. Ion-exchange was modeled by an ion-diffusion limited process in the glass with an equilibrium chemical reaction at the melt-glass interface. A large value of 75 for the equilibrium constant at low-silver melt concentrations (<10/sup -2/ mole fractions) shows that uptake of silver in glass varies in highly nonlinear fashion with the melt concentration. The results provide boundary conditions necessary for solution of the diffusion equation and design of single-mode waveguides.<>

Keywords

ion exchange; optical waveguides; optical workshop techniques; refractive index; silver; sodium; SEM technique; atomic absorption spectroscopy; chemical reaction; concentration profile; diffusion equation; exchange time; ion-diffusion; ion-exchange equilibrium; melt concentration; melt-glass interface; mixing condition; single-mode waveguides; soda-lime silicate glass; waveguide index profiles; Absorption; Atomic measurements; Boundary conditions; Electrons; Equations; Glass; Numerical analysis; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Silver;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.194

Filename

194