Very low loss ion implanted planar waveguides in lead germanate glass

4 March 1993

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 29 (5) , 489-490
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19930327

Abstract

Ion implantation has been used to produce very low loss optical waveguides in lead germanate glass samples. There is an increase in the refractive index of 0.35% for the given ion beam parameters. The loss can be as low as 0.15 dB/cm after thermal annealing.

Keywords

ION IMPLANTED PLANAR WAVEGUIDES
LOW LOSS
THERMAL ANNEALING
PB5GE3O11:HE
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