• DocumentCode
    3553489
  • Title

    Optical waveguides formed by thermal migration of ions in glass

  • Author

    Giallorenzi, T.G. ; West, E.J. ; Kirk, R.D. ; Ginther, R.J. ; Andrews, R.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C.
  • Volume
    18
  • fYear
    1972
  • fDate
    1972
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    42
  • Abstract
    Optical waveguides were formed by increasing the index of refraction of a glass substrate by exchanging constituent glass ions in a small region near the surface. The glass refractive index is related to the density of the ions and to their polarizabilities. Tl+, K+, and Ag+ions were thermally diffused into the glass and resulted in a region of higher index. Index changes as high as .15 and waveguide thickness up to several microns were measured.
  • Keywords
    Glass; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics; Refractive index; Surface waves; Waveguide transitions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1972 International
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1972.249273
  • Filename
    1477096
    • Link To Document
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