Polyceram planar waveguides and optical properties of polyceram films

Sharnaz Motakef; J. M. Boulton; Gimtong T. Teowee; Donald R. Uhlmann; Brian J.J. Zelinski; Raymond Zanoni

doi:10.1117/12.132035

7 December 1992 Polyceram planar waveguides and optical properties of polyceram films

Sharnaz Motakef, J. M. Boulton, Gimtong T. Teowee, Donald R. Uhlmann, Brian J.J. Zelinski, Raymond Zanoni

Proceedings Volume 1758, Sol-Gel Optics II; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.132035
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Low loss sol-gel derived polyceram optical waveguides have been prepared for the first time. Polyceram films were obtained by reacting (N-triethoxysilyl propyl) o-polyethylene oxide urethane with silicon and titanium alkoxides. The optical properties of the films were investigated using ellipsometry, UV-VIS transmission spectroscopy and waveguide loss measurements. Refractive index and attenuation loss measurements were carried out as a function of organic/inorganic content, different processing conditions and aging of solutions. Refractive indices as high as 1.685 and attenuation losses as low as 1.4 dB/cm were obtained. In addition, surface morphology, mechanical properties and thermal stability of the polyceram films were studied.

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Sharnaz Motakef, J. M. Boulton, Gimtong T. Teowee, Donald R. Uhlmann, Brian J.J. Zelinski, and Raymond Zanoni "Polyceram planar waveguides and optical properties of polyceram films", Proc. SPIE 1758, Sol-Gel Optics II, (7 December 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.132035

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