• DocumentCode
    2316372
  • Title

    Directly UV-written planar channel waveguides containing simultaneously defined Bragg gratings

  • Author

    Emmerson, G. ; Watts, S. ; Gawith, C. ; Riziotis, C. ; Fu, A. ; Williams, R. ; Smith, P. ; Albanis, V. ; Ibsen, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    63
  • Abstract
    A new technique for the simultaneous writing of channels and Bragg gratings uses interfering focused UV beams in a photosensitive silica layer and is able to fabricate near-ideal Bragg gratings, with 60% reflectivity.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; optical planar waveguides; reflectivity; silicon compounds; ultraviolet lithography; Bragg grating fabrication; SiO2; directly UV-written planar channel waveguides; photosensitive silica layer; reflectivity; Bragg gratings; Optical devices; Optical materials; Optical planar waveguides; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Polymers; Propagation losses; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1247491
  • Filename
    1247491