Measurement and control of thin film uniformity in hollow glass waveguides

Christopher D. Rabii; James A. Harrington

doi:10.1117/1.602304

1 December 1999 Measurement and control of thin film uniformity in hollow glass waveguides

Christopher D. Rabii, James A. Harrington

Optical Engineering, Vol. 38, Issue 12, (December 1999). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.602304

Hollow glass waveguides provide an attractive means for the delivery of IR laser power and for broadband temperature and chemical fiber sensor applications. These waveguides are made using liquid- phase chemistry techniques to deposit a thin dielectric film of Agl over metallic Ag on the inside of small-bore silica tubing. By controlling the thickness of the Agl film, we can tailor the optical response of the guides to give low loss at selected IR laser wavelengths or to produce a broadband response. In either case, the losses depend on the thickness uniformity of the Agl film. Initially, the Agl film thickness varies as much as 14% from end to end of a 6-m long guide. A faster Agl deposition rate reduces this variation to only 1.3% over a 5-m long waveguide. This leads to a reduction in the total loss for the hollow guides in the 2 to 12 ?m region.

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Christopher D. Rabii and James A. Harrington "Measurement and control of thin film uniformity in hollow glass waveguides," Optical Engineering 38(12), (1 December 1999). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.602304

Published: 1 December 1999

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