LARGE UV-INDUCED NEGATIVE INDEX CHANGES IN GERMANIUM-FREE NITROGEN-DOPED PLANAR SIO2 WAVE-GUIDES

Authors
WIESMANN D HUBNER J GERMANN R MASSAREK I SALEMINK HWM BONA GL KRISTENSEN M JACKEL H
Citation
D. Wiesmann et al., LARGE UV-INDUCED NEGATIVE INDEX CHANGES IN GERMANIUM-FREE NITROGEN-DOPED PLANAR SIO2 WAVE-GUIDES, Electronics Letters, 34(4), 1998, pp. 364-366
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
34
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
364 - 366
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1998)34:4<364:LUNICI>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Negative refractive index changes of up to 1.7 x 10(-3) have been indu ced by 248nm excimer laser light in planar germanium-free SiON wavegui des. Highly temperature-stable 40dB Bragg gratings with a length of 8m m have been written. A novel mechanism of photosensitisation was used to create the high-index changes.