Title :
Low-loss copper film ion-exchanged optical waveguides with step-like index profiles in glass
Author :
Lehky, Jan-Marc ; Erni, Daniel ; Robin, Franck ; Dellmann, Laurent ; Dangel, Roger ; Offrein, Bert Jan ; Bächtold, Werner
Author_Institution :
Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Copper-film ion-exchange in glass is highly promising for fabricating optical waveguides. Enhanced steepness of the refractive index profile results from applying an electric field also during cooling. Optical waveguides present losses of 0.22 dB/cm at 1300 nm.
Keywords :
copper; ion exchange; optical fabrication; optical films; optical glass; optical losses; optical waveguides; refractive index; 1300 nm; Cu; copper film; glass; ion-exchange; optical losses; optical waveguides; refractive index; step-like index profiles; Cooling; Copper; Glass; Optical films; Optical interconnections; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Temperature; copper; ion-exchange in glass; optical interconnects; planar optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548242
