Organic-inorganic composite materials: optical properties of laser-patterned and protective-coated waveguides

Herbert Krug; Frank Tiefensee; Peter William Oliveira; Helmut K. Schmidt

doi:10.1117/12.132036

7 December 1992 Organic-inorganic composite materials: optical properties of laser-patterned and protective-coated waveguides

Herbert Krug, Frank Tiefensee, Peter William Oliveira, Helmut K. Schmidt

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Proceedings Volume 1758, Sol-Gel Optics II; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.132036
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A composite materials based on organically modified Si alkoxides and modified alkoxides from Zr were prepared. The index of refraction of the system was tailored by the variation of the modified Zr component. Channel waveguides were prepared by a laserwriting technique based on the ability to photopolymerize this material. To decrease optical loss caused by effects of the waveguide surface and to be independent of the used substrate, a buffer layer and a protective layer of the same material of lower index of refraction was combined with a waveguiding film and optical losses were determined.

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Herbert Krug, Frank Tiefensee, Peter William Oliveira, and Helmut K. Schmidt "Organic-inorganic composite materials: optical properties of laser-patterned and protective-coated waveguides", Proc. SPIE 1758, Sol-Gel Optics II, (7 December 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.132036

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