Optical loss reduction in high-index-contrast chalcogenide glass waveguides via thermal reflow

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1469-1478

  Hu, Juejun ^a   Feng, Ning Ning ^a   Carlie, Nathan ^b   Petit, Laeticia ^b   Agarwal, Anu ^a   Richardson, Kathleen ^b   Kimerling, Lionel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; PHOTORESISTS; WAVEGUIDES;

A-THERMAL; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; GLASS WAVEGUIDES; HIGH INDEX CONTRAST; KINETIC MODELS; LIMITING FACTORS; LOW LOSS; OPTICAL SCATTERING; REFLOW PROCESS; ROUGHNESS EVOLUTION; SIDEWALL ROUGHNESS; SUBMICRON; THERMAL REFLOW;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

CHALCOGEN; GLASS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHASE TRANSITION; REFRACTOMETRY;

CHALCOGENS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLASS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS TESTING; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHASE TRANSITION; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 75249106448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001469     Document Type: Article

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