• DocumentCode
    989146
  • Title

    Very low loss ion implanted planar waveguides in lead germanate glass

  • Author

    Kakarantzas, G. ; Townsend, Paul D. ; Wang, Jiacheng

  • Author_Institution
    Sussex Univ., Brighton, UK
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    3/4/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    489
  • Lastpage
    490
  • Abstract
    Ion implantation has been used to produce very low loss optical waveguides in lead germanate glass samples. There is an increase in the refractive index of 0.35% for the given ion beam parameters. The loss can be as low as 0.15 dB/cm after thermal annealing.
  • Keywords
    germanate glasses; helium; ion implantation; lead compounds; optical losses; optical waveguides; refractive index; Pb 5Ge 3O 11:He; ion implanted planar waveguides; low loss; refractive index; thermal annealing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19930327
  • Filename
    250292
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=989146