CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTRIC-FIELD ASSISTED DIFFUSED POTASSIUM-ION PLANAR OPTICAL WAVE-GUIDES

Authors
BATCHELOR S OVEN R ASHWORTH DG
Citation
S. Batchelor et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTRIC-FIELD ASSISTED DIFFUSED POTASSIUM-ION PLANAR OPTICAL WAVE-GUIDES, Electronics Letters, 32(22), 1996, pp. 2082-2083
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
32
Issue
22
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2082 - 2083
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1996)32:22<2082:COEADP>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A simple drift transport model is used to predict the depth of planar optical waveguides produced by the electric field assisted ion exchang e of potassium ions into soda-lime glass. The guide depth can be repre sented by a simple universal function of the voltage-process lime prod uct. The model is fitted to experimental data over a wide range of app lied potentials and times. Joule heating effects limit the accuracy of the model at large current densities.