Efficient coupling between annealed K +-Na + ion-exchanged channel waveguides and 10/125 single-mode fibers at λ = 1.321 μm

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 179-189

  Palchetti, Luca ^a,b   Giorgetti, Emilia ^a,b   Grando, Daniela ^a,b,c   Sottini, Stefano ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Annealing; Channel waveguides; Fiber coupling; Ion exchange

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ETCHING; ION EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; NEAR FIELD MEASUREMENTS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031695742     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.655022     Document Type: Article

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