Ion-Exchanged Waveguides for Signal Processing Applications - A Novel Electrolytic Process.

Abstract

Ion exchange process and technology for fabrication of optical waveguides has been studied systematically to improve the reproducibility and establish the correlation between the process parameters and the component characteristics. Two-step process has been studied extensively and used for fabrication of low-loss fiber-compatible single-mode buried channel waveguides using the Na+ - Ag+ cation pair. Nonlinear waveguides have been studied theoretically and some of the predictions have been verified experimentally in K+ - Na+ ion-exchanged waveguides in semiconductor-doped glasses. Keywords: Attenuation, Bistability, Borosilicate, Concentration cell, Concentration profile, Diffusion, Electrolytic release, Electromigration, Fiber Optics, Galvanic cell, Glasses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 07, 1987
Accession Number
ADA193177

Entities

People

  • R. V. Ramaswamy

Organizations

  • University of Florida

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Control Systems
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electrochemical Cells
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Refractive Index
  • Silica Glass
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Materials science

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  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene