Passive and active sol-gel materials and devices

Mark P. Andrews; S. Iraj Najafi

doi:10.1117/12.279819

29 July 1997 Passive and active sol-gel materials and devices

Mark P. Andrews, S. Iraj Najafi

Proceedings Volume 10290, Sol-Gel and Polymer Photonic Devices: A Critical Review; 102900B (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279819
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper examines sol-gel materials for photonics in terms of partnerships with other material contenders for processing optical devices. The discussion in four sections identifies semiconductors, amorphous and crystalline inorganic dielectrics, and amorphous and crystalline organic dielectrics as strategic agents in the rapidly evolving area of materials and devices for data communications and telecommunications. With Zyss, we trace the hierarchical lineage that connects molecular hybridization (chemical functionality), through supramolecular hybridization (collective properties and responses), to functional hybridization (device and system level constructs). These three concepts thread their way through discussions of the roles sol-gel glasses might be anticipated to assume in a photonics marketplace. We assign a special place to glass integrated optics and show how high temperature consolidated sol-gel derived glasses fit into competitive glass fabrication technologies. Low temperature hybrid sol-gel glasses that combine attractive features of organic polymers and inorganic glasses are considered by drawing on examples of our own new processes for fabricating couplers, power splitters, waveguides and gratings by combining chemical synthesis and sol-gel processing with simple photomask techniques.

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Mark P. Andrews and S. Iraj Najafi "Passive and active sol-gel materials and devices", Proc. SPIE 10290, Sol-Gel and Polymer Photonic Devices: A Critical Review, 102900B (29 July 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279819

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