Ion-exchanged glass waveguides with low birefringence for a broad range of waveguide widths

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3358-3363

  Yliniemi, Sanna ^a   West, Brian R ^a   Honkanen, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GLASS; ION EXCHANGE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GLASS WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL ROUTING; PHOTONIC CIRCUITS; POLARIZATION INSENSITIVITY;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 20544474550     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.003358     Document Type: Article

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