Photosensitive properties of a tin-doped sodium silicate glass for direct ultraviolet writing
Photosensitive properties of a tin-doped sodium silicate glass for direct ultraviolet writing
In this letter, the fabrication of channel waveguides by direct UV writing into a bulk tin-doped multicomponent silicate glass is presented. Different laser powers and scan rates were employed and optimized to avoid surface ablation. The best results were obtained at a laser power of 95 mW and at a scan speed of 10 mm/min, where a refractive index change of 1.5×10–3 was estimated and an attenuation loss of 3.3 dB/cm was measured using the cutback method. A morphological investigation of the glass end facets was performed in order to assess the surface effect of the laser exposure.
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Milanese, D.
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Milanese, D., Ferraris, M., Menke, Y., Olivero, M., Perrone, G., Gawith, C.B.E., Brambilla, G., Smith, P.G.R. and Taylor, E.R.
(2004)
Photosensitive properties of a tin-doped sodium silicate glass for direct ultraviolet writing.
Applied Physics Letters, 84 (17), .
(doi:10.1063/1.1715148).
Abstract
In this letter, the fabrication of channel waveguides by direct UV writing into a bulk tin-doped multicomponent silicate glass is presented. Different laser powers and scan rates were employed and optimized to avoid surface ablation. The best results were obtained at a laser power of 95 mW and at a scan speed of 10 mm/min, where a refractive index change of 1.5×10–3 was estimated and an attenuation loss of 3.3 dB/cm was measured using the cutback method. A morphological investigation of the glass end facets was performed in order to assess the surface effect of the laser exposure.
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Accepted/In Press date: 25 February 2004
Published date: 20 April 2004
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