• DocumentCode
    422111
  • Title

    Investigation of thermal stability of UV written planar waveguides using direct grating writing

  • Author

    Sparrow, I.J.G. ; Emmerson, G.D. ; Gawith, C.B.E. ; Watts, S.P. ; Albanis, V. ; Williams, R.B. ; Smith, P.G.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectronics Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We use the direct grating writing technique, based on direct UV writing, to define planar Bragg channel waveguides and accurately probe the refractive index to characterise thermal waveguide erasure and material properties.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; annealing; optical planar waveguides; refractive index; thermal stability; thermo-optical effects; UV written planar waveguides; direct UV writing; direct grating writing; planar Bragg channel waveguides; refractive index; thermal stability; thermal waveguide erasure;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1361578