Title :
Sol-gel integrated optical coupler by ultraviolet light imprinting
Author :
Li, C.-Y. ; Chisham, J. ; Andrews, M. ; Najafi, S.I. ; Mackenzie, J.D. ; Peyghambarian, N.
Author_Institution :
Eng. Phys. Dept., Ecole Polytech., Montreal, Que., Canada
fDate :
2/16/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors describe a simple low temperature method for fabricating a low-loss singlemode integrated optical directional coupler in a photosensitive, hybrid, organically modified sol-gel silica glass. The fabrication process is appealing for its simplicity, entailing few steps and using elementary photodefinition to give robust, mechanically rigid devices
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical directional couplers; optical fabrication; silicon compounds; sol-gel processing; fabrication process; integrated optical coupler; low temperature method; low-loss singlemode device; mechanically rigid devices; optical directional coupler; organically modified material; photodefinition; photosensitive glass; sol-gel silica glass; ultraviolet light imprinting;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950165
