Fabrication and characterization of continuous wave direct UV (λ = 244 nm) written channel waveguides in chalcogenide (Ga:La:S) glass

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1578-1584

  Mairaj, Arshad K ^a   Hua, Ping ^a   Rutt, Harvey N ^a   Hewak, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amorphous semiconductors; Direct UV writing; Optical waveguide

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATTENUATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; DIRECT LASER WRITING; GALLIUM LANTHANUM SULPHIDE; PHOTODENSIFICATION; SINGLE MODE CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATION;

OPTICAL GLASS;

EID: 0036705316     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.800266     Document Type: Article

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