Low temperature diffusion process for fabricating optical waveguides in glass

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A thermal evaporation source provides a vapour stream of metallic dopant directed at a glass substrate. The metal atoms thermally diffuse into the glass surface and are accelerated through the substrate by an electric field. The doped glass forms an optical waveguide stripe.

Inspec keywords: optical glass; ion exchange; optical workshop techniques; integrated optics; diffusion in solids; optical waveguides

Other keywords: low temperature diffusion process; fabrication; doped glass; optical waveguide; ion exchange

Subjects: Integrated optics; Optical fabrication, surface grinding; Optical waveguides; Optical waveguides and couplers; Integrated optics

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