Buried ion-exchanged glass waveguides:burial-depth dependence on waveguide width

Madasamy, P.; West, Brian R.; Morrell, M. M.; Geraghty, David F.; Honkanen, Seppo; Peyghambarian, N.

doi:10.1364/ol.28.001132

Cited by 37 publications

(28 citation statements)

References 3 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Further details of the process have been described in Ref. 20. With these process parameters, waveguides are buried 5.7-6.8 m deep in the glass substrate depending on the mask opening width.…”

Section: Fabricationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ion-exchanged glass waveguides with low birefringence for a broad range of waveguide widths

2005

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Optical communications networks require integrated photonic components with negligible polarization dependence, which typically means that the waveguides must feature very low birefringence. Recent studies have shown that waveguides with low birefringence can be obtained, e.g., by use of silica-onsilicon waveguides or buried ion-exchanged glass waveguides. However, many integrated photonic circuits consist of waveguides with varying widths. Therefore low birefringence is consequently required for waveguides having different widths. This is a difficult task for most waveguide fabrication technologies. We present experimental results on waveguide birefringence for buried silver-sodium ion-exchanged glass waveguides. We show that the waveguide birefringence of the order of 10 Ϫ6 for waveguide mask opening widths ranging from 2 to 10 m can be obtained by postprocessing the sample through annealing at an elevated temperature. The measured values are in agreement with the values calculated with our modeling software for ion-exchanged glass waveguides. This unique feature of ion-exchanged waveguides may be of significant importance in a wide variety of integrated photonic circuits requiring polarizationindependent operation.

show abstract

Section: Fabricationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ion-exchanged glass waveguides with low birefringence for a broad range of waveguide widths

2005

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…This has been shown to manifest as a noticeable difference in the depth of waveguides buried in a field-assisted process, depending on their pre-burial width. 54 …”

Section: Modeling the Electric Fieldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ion-exchanged glass waveguide technology: a review

2011

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract. We review the history and current status of ion exchanged glass waveguide technology. The background of ion exchange in glass and key developments in the first years of research are briefly described. An overview of fabrication, characterization and modeling of waveguides is given and the most important waveguide devices and their applications are discussed. Ion exchanged waveguide technology has served as an available platform for studies of general waveguide properties, integrated optics structures and devices, as well as applications. It is also a commercial fabrication technology for both passive and active waveguide components. C 2011 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).

show abstract

“…Ref. [10] presented an investigation of the dependence of burial-depth on waveguide width for a buried ionexchanged glass waveguide. In this paper, the influence of the waveguide width of the photomask on the ion concentration distribution is investigated for ion-exchanged glass waveguides based on thermal ion-exchange and annealing.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Numerical study of an ion-exchanged glass waveguide using both two-dimensional and three-dimensional models

Wang

Semenova

Jiao

et al. 2011

Optics & Laser Technology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Buried ion-exchanged glass waveguides:burial-depth dependence on waveguide width

Cited by 37 publications

References 3 publications

Ion-exchanged glass waveguides with low birefringence for a broad range of waveguide widths

Ion-exchanged glass waveguides with low birefringence for a broad range of waveguide widths

Ion-exchanged glass waveguide technology: a review

Numerical study of an ion-exchanged glass waveguide using both two-dimensional and three-dimensional models

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About