Title :
One-step field-assisted ion exchange for fabrication of buried multimode optical strip waveguides
Author_Institution :
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Solid State Physics, Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract :
A method for one-step field-assisted silver-sodium ion exchange is proposed for the preparation of buried multimode optical strip waveguides in glass. Silver ions were supplied by a silver strip. A sodium nitrate melt was used as the anode, as well as for waveguide burial. The method provides good control over the waveguide cross-section.
Keywords :
integrated optics; ion exchange; optical waveguides; optical workshop techniques; Ag-Na ion exchange; buried multimode optical strip waveguides; buried optical waveguides in glass; fabrication; one step field assisted ion exchange;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870826
