Planar optical waveguides in Bi4Ge3O12 crystal fabricated by swift heavy-ion irradiation

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 36, 2011, Pages 6678-6681

  Yang, Jin ^a   Zhang, Chao ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Akhmadaliev, Sh ^b   Zhou, Shengqiang ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; HEAVY IONS; ION BOMBARDMENT; IRRADIATION; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

END COUPLING; FLUENCES; PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PROPAGATION LOSS; REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILES; SWIFT HEAVY ION IRRADIATION; THERMAL ANNEALING TREATMENT;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84255172728     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.006678     Document Type: Article

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