Phase tuning in optical directional coupler by photostructural effect of chalcogenide glass film

15 September 1977

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 31 (6) , 376-378
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89710

Abstract

A new phase-tuning method for an optical directional coupler is proposed. The method involves using the refractive-index change induced by a light exposure (c-plate LiNbO₃, was changed from 95 to 15% by irradiation of a halogen lamp.

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