VERY LOW-LOSS ION-IMPLANTED PLANAR WAVE-GUIDES IN LEAD GERMANATE GLASS

Authors
KAKARANTZAS G TOWNSEND PD WANG J
Citation
G. Kakarantzas et al., VERY LOW-LOSS ION-IMPLANTED PLANAR WAVE-GUIDES IN LEAD GERMANATE GLASS, Electronics Letters, 29(5), 1993, pp. 489-490
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
29
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
489 - 490
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1993)29:5<489:VLIPWI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Ion implantation has been used to produce very low loss optical wavegu ides in lead germanate glass samples. There is an increase in the refr active index of 0-35% for the given ion beam parameters. The loss can be as low as 0.15 dB/cm after thermal annealing.