POLYMER-BASED WAVE-GUIDING STRUCTURES OBTAINED BY ION-BEAM IRRADIATION AT DIFFERENT ENERGIES

Authors
BRUNNER S RUCK DM TINSCHERT K FRANK WFX KNODLER B
Citation
S. Brunner et al., POLYMER-BASED WAVE-GUIDING STRUCTURES OBTAINED BY ION-BEAM IRRADIATION AT DIFFERENT ENERGIES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 107(1-4), 1996, pp. 333-336
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
107
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
333 - 336
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1996)107:1-4<333:PWSOBI>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) samples were modified by ion beam irradi ation in order to generate regions of increased refractive index. Ion beams of various atomic masses and energies were used. Planar waveguid es as well as structured waveguides were generated. Passive components , e.g. splitters and Mach-Zehnder interferometers, were fabricated. Ap plying ion beams of 1.4 MeV/u energies the generated structures are bu ried in a certain depth. Different masking techniques were used. First results with a newly developed material (PMMI) are presented. Attenua tion measurements at different wavelengths are reported.