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Photosensitive properties of a tin-doped sodium silicate glass for direct ultraviolet writing

Photosensitive properties of a tin-doped sodium silicate glass for direct ultraviolet writing
Photosensitive properties of a tin-doped sodium silicate glass for direct ultraviolet writing
In this letter, the fabrication of channel waveguides by direct UV writing into a bulk tin-doped multicomponent silicate glass is presented. Different laser powers and scan rates were employed and optimized to avoid surface ablation. The best results were obtained at a laser power of 95 mW and at a scan speed of 10 mm/min, where a refractive index change of 1.5×10–3 was estimated and an attenuation loss of 3.3 dB/cm was measured using the cutback method. A morphological investigation of the glass end facets was performed in order to assess the surface effect of the laser exposure.
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Milanese, D., Ferraris, M., Menke, Y., Olivero, M., Perrone, G., Gawith, C.B.E., Brambilla, G., Smith, P.G.R. and Taylor, E.R. (2004) Photosensitive properties of a tin-doped sodium silicate glass for direct ultraviolet writing. Applied Physics Letters, 84 (17), 3259-3261. (doi:10.1063/1.1715148).

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In this letter, the fabrication of channel waveguides by direct UV writing into a bulk tin-doped multicomponent silicate glass is presented. Different laser powers and scan rates were employed and optimized to avoid surface ablation. The best results were obtained at a laser power of 95 mW and at a scan speed of 10 mm/min, where a refractive index change of 1.5×10–3 was estimated and an attenuation loss of 3.3 dB/cm was measured using the cutback method. A morphological investigation of the glass end facets was performed in order to assess the surface effect of the laser exposure.

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Accepted/In Press date: 25 February 2004
Published date: 20 April 2004
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Local EPrints ID: 13949
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/13949
DOI: doi:10.1063/1.1715148
ISSN: 0003-6951
PURE UUID: bed09e35-deca-47e7-9835-74863ecaae7b
ORCID for C.B.E. Gawith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3502-3558
ORCID for G. Brambilla: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0499
ORCID for P.G.R. Smith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-718X

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Date deposited: 01 Jan 2005
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:21

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Author: D. Milanese
Author: M. Ferraris
Author: Y. Menke
Author: M. Olivero
Author: G. Perrone
Author: C.B.E. Gawith ORCID iD
Author: G. Brambilla ORCID iD
Author: P.G.R. Smith ORCID iD
Author: E.R. Taylor

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