| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Title |
The potential of ion exchange in sol-gel derived photonic materials and structures |
| Authors |
Rui M. Almeida Ana C. Marques |
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| Journal |
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS |
| Year |
2008 |
| Month |
March |
| Volume |
149 |
| Number |
2 |
| Pages |
118-122 |
| Abstract |
Sol-gel is a very convenient technique for the fabrication of high quality thin glass films, optical planar waveguides and photonic bandgap structures. Ion exchange, on the other hand, is a well-established technique to fabricate high quality waveguides in glass and integrated optical amplifiers made by this technique are commercially available. The possible integration of the sol-gel and ion-exchange techniques for the fabrication of passive and active (rare-earth doped) channel waveguides in integrated optic devices has recently gained interest. A general overview of the fabrication of passive and active films and planar waveguides by sol-gel is followed by a brief description of waveguide fabrication by ion exchange and the possible integration between the two processing technologies. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2007.11.026 |
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| Book Title |
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| ISSN |
0921-5107 |
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| Bibtex ID |
ISI:000256342500003 |
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