Birefringence control for ion-exchanged channel waveguides at 1.55-um wavelength

Pekka Ayras; Gualtiero Nunzi Conti; Seppo Honkanen; Nasser Peyghambarian

doi:10.1117/12.343734

26 March 1999 Birefringence control for ion-exchanged channel waveguides at 1.55-μm wavelength

Pekka Ayras, Gualtiero Nunzi Conti, Seppo Honkanen, Nasser Peyghambarian

Proceedings Volume 3620, Integrated Optics Devices III; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.343734
Event: Optoelectronics '99 - Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We show at 1.55 micrometer wavelength that the waveguide birefringence of ion-exchanged channel waveguides in glass can be broadly tuned by a potassium and silver double-ion- exchange. Two different potassium and silver double-ion- exchange processes are used to make surface waveguides with negligible waveguide birefringence. This is of crucial importance in making devices for dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems. The dependence of the waveguide birefringence on the channel width is also reported.

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Pekka Ayras, Gualtiero Nunzi Conti, Seppo Honkanen, and Nasser Peyghambarian "Birefringence control for ion-exchanged channel waveguides at 1.55-μm wavelength", Proc. SPIE 3620, Integrated Optics Devices III, (26 March 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.343734

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