MODE PROFILE MODIFICATION OF H-BEAM IRRADIATED WAVE-GUIDES USING UV PROCESSING( ION)

Authors
VONBIBRA ML CANNING J ROBERTS A
Citation
Ml. Vonbibra et al., MODE PROFILE MODIFICATION OF H-BEAM IRRADIATED WAVE-GUIDES USING UV PROCESSING( ION), Journal of non-crystalline solids, 239(1-3), 1998, pp. 121-125
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science, Ceramics
Journal title
Journal of non-crystalline solids → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223093
Volume
239
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
121 - 125
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3093(1998)239:1-3<121:MPMOHI>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Buried channel waveguides made by a direct-write focussed hydrogen ion beam in high quality fused silica were investigated for mode and spec tral changes under 193 nm ultra violet irradiation. The guides exhibit ed a negative index change of approximately 10% of the core cladding d ifference after a dose of 1 U cm(-2), and an increase in attenuation a t infrared wavelengths. This effect could have application in tailorin g the shape of mode field profiles for efficient coupling between wave guides. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.