Optical waveguides produced in ion exchange process from the solutions of AgNO3-NaNO3 for planar chemical amplitude sensors

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-238

  Rogozinski R ^a   Karasinski P ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chemical sensors; Optical waveguides; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GLASS; ION EXCHANGE; LIME; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SODIUM NITRATE;

ION EXCHANGE PROCESS; ION-EXCHANGE TECHNIQUES; MODAL ATTENUATION; MODE ORDER; PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILES; SENSOR LAYERS; SODA LIME GLASS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 27644460443     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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