Silver ion-exchanged, buried, glass optical waveguides with symmetric index profile
- 6 January 1986
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 48 (1) , 19-20
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.96775
Abstract
Symmetrical buried waveguides with fiberlike refractive index profiles using Ag+‐Na+ exchange have been realized in soda‐lime‐silicate glass substrates. A simple scanning electron microscope technique to determine the silver ion (refractive index) profile is also reported.Keywords
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