Planar waveguides formed by Ag+−Na+ ion exchange in nonlinear optical glasses: Diffusion and optical properties

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 435-440

  Martin, Marc ^a   Videau, Jean J ^a   Canioni, Lionel ^a   Adamietz, Frédéric ^a   Sarger, Laurent ^a   Flem, Gilles Le ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0011992261     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.000435     Document Type: Article

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