GLASS-SANDWICH STRUCTURE FOR ONE-STEP WRITING OF OPTICAL-WAVE GUIDES IN PHOTOPOLYMERS

Authors
CARIGNAN C DUGUAY MA OUELLETTE F TALON MH
Citation
C. Carignan et al., GLASS-SANDWICH STRUCTURE FOR ONE-STEP WRITING OF OPTICAL-WAVE GUIDES IN PHOTOPOLYMERS, Canadian journal of physics, 71(1-2), 1993, pp. 85-88
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Canadian journal of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084204
Volume
71
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
85 - 88
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4204(1993)71:1-2<85:GSFOWO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
By squeezing a few drops of UV-curing optical adhesive between two gla ss plates, a planar wave-guide sandwich structure is formed. Strip wav e guides can then be written in one step by focussing a computer-contr olled UV laser beam into the liquid adhesive layer and thereby solidif ying it along a narrow path. Measured optical losses at 633 nm fall in the range 0.4-1.1 dB cm-1 for 12 mum wide wave guides.