Prism coupling characterization of planar optical waveguides made by silver ion exchange in glass

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作者
Hidalgo, O [1 ]
Berencén, Y [1 ]
Rodríguez, J [1 ]
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[1] Univ La Habana, Fac Fis, Dept Fis Gen, Havana 10400, Cuba
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10.1002/pssc.200461807
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T [工业技术];
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A modified dark-lines method of prism-coupling technique is utilized for the experimental determination of the effective index of propagating modes in a glass planar waveguide. We use to make the waveguides a silver-sodium ion exchange in a nitrate solution and sodalime glass as substrate (microscope slides). The measurements were accomplished by direct HeNe laser beam incidence and sensing the reflected light by a Thorlabs Dec110 optical detector linked to a Protek500 digital multimeter. A LabView virtual instrument was implemented for the automation of the measurement process. The effective indexes measured have been used to calculate the refractive index profile by IWKB method. A comparison with other results shows that our experimental setup is suitable for slab waveguide modes characterization. (c) 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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页码:3746 / 3749
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