Passive Integrated Optical Components Made By Ion Exchange In Glass

M. Blahut; A. Opilski; Z. Opilski; R. Rogozinski

doi:10.1117/12.939007

10 November 1986 Passive Integrated Optical Components Made By Ion Exchange In Glass

M. Blahut, A. Opilski, Z. Opilski, R. Rogozinski

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Proceedings Volume 0670, Optical Fibres and Their Applications IV; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939007
Event: Optical Fibres and Their Applications, 1986, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

In this paper theoretical and experimental investigations on the passive integrated optical components are presented. Planar waveguides were produced by the K+ ↔ Na+ or Ag+ ↔ Na+ ion exchange and waveguide couplers were made by the selective diffusion of Ag+ ions in soda-lime glass. Experimental investigations on the planar waveguide structures show the existence of certain anomalies in refractive index distribution, caused by the segregation of natural glass components. For the production of gradient microlenses, electric-field-assisted diffusion process of Ag+ ions was applied. For this purpose, the formation of three-dimensional refractive index distribution due to electrothermal ion exchange process was considered. The obtained refractive index distribution was used for the numerical solution of ray trajectory equation in gradient microlenses.

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M. Blahut, A. Opilski, Z. Opilski, and R. Rogozinski "Passive Integrated Optical Components Made By Ion Exchange In Glass", Proc. SPIE 0670, Optical Fibres and Their Applications IV, (10 November 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939007

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