Fabrication and characterization of surface and buried optical waveguides made by ion exchange on glass

Author

Morshed, A.H. ; Khalil, D.A.

Author_Institution

Electron. & Commun. Eng. Dept., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

463

Lastpage

466

Abstract

Low cost fabrication of surface and buried optical slab waveguides was achieved using a locally developed ion exchange on glass technology. The guides fabricated were optically characterized and their optical and diffusion characteristics extracted. Expected thermal diffusion characteristics of potassium/sodium (K⁺/Na⁺) ionic exchange on soda-lime glass were generally observed. The fabrication and characterization of optical slab waveguides and the involved exchange processes serve currently as educational tools for senior students in the field of optical communications and related technologies. They were also implemented as a first stop towards the realization of an integrated optics technological basis for research and industrial development.

Keywords

education; integrated optics; ion exchange; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical testing; optical waveguides; thermal diffusion; buried optical slab waveguides; educational tools; glass technology; industrial development; integrated optics; ion exchange; optical characteristics; optical communications; optical measurements; optical waveguide characterization; optical waveguide fabrication; potassium/sodium ionic exchange; research; soda-lime glass; surface optical slab waveguides; thermal diffusion characteristics; Communications technology; Costs; Glass; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber communication; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics; Slabs; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 2002. MELECON 2002. 11th Mediterranean

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7527-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELECON.2002.1014636

Filename

1014636