PROCESSING AND OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRIDS (POLYCERAMS) .2. PDMS-BASED WAVE-GUIDES

Authors
MOTAKEF S SURATWALA T RONCONE RL BOULTON JM TEOWEE G UHLMANN DR
Citation
S. Motakef et al., PROCESSING AND OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRIDS (POLYCERAMS) .2. PDMS-BASED WAVE-GUIDES, Journal of non-crystalline solids, 178, 1994, pp. 37-43
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science, Ceramics
Journal title
Journal of non-crystalline solids → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223093
Volume
178
Year of publication
1994
Pages
37 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3093(1994)178:<37:PAOOIH>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Polydimethylsiloxane and the oxides of silicon, titanium and germanium have been incorporated using sol-gel chemistry to yield new polyceram planar waveguides. The waveguides exhibit superior optical properties such as losses as low as < 0.15 dB/cm. The volume: homogeneity and op tical properties of the films are studied as functions of composition. Sources of attenuation are investigated and related to the volume net work and surface characteristics.