Low propagation loss of the waveguides in fused quartz by oxygen ion implantation

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4675-4680

  Wang, Xue Lin ^a   Wang, Ke Ming ^a   Fu, Gang ^a   Li, Shi Ling ^a   Shen, Ding Yu ^b   Ma, Hong Ji ^b   Nie, Rui ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; DIFFUSION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GLASS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ION BEAMS; ION IMPLANTATION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OXYGEN; PHOTODETECTORS; QUARTZ; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FIBER PROBES; FUSED QUARTZ; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; PRISM-COUPLING METHOD;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 9144268470     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.004675     Document Type: Article

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