Simple approach to calculate the refractive index profile of ion-exchanged waveguides

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Sebastiani, S ^a   Berneschi, S ^a,b   Brenci, M ^a   Nunzi Conti, G ^a   Pelli, S ^a   Righini, G C ^a  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion coefficients; Gradient indexes; Integrated optics; Ion exchange; Waveguide characterization

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ION EXCHANGE; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

GRADIENT INDEXES; WAVEGUIDE CHARACTERIZATION;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 24044513644     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1914802     Document Type: Article

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