A planar optical device is formed on a substrate (12) and comprising an array of waveguide cores (14) and a cladding layer (16) formed contiguously with the cores. At least one of the array of waveguide cores (14) and the cladding layer (16) is an inorganic-organic hybrid material that comprises an extended matrix containing silicon and oxygen atoms with at least a fraction of the silicon being directly bonded to substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon atoms. In accordance with other embodiments of the invention, a method of forming an array of cores comprises the steps of preparing a core composition precursor material; partially hydrolyzing and polymerizing the material; forming an array of waveguide cores under conditions effective to form an inorganic-organic hybrid material that comprises an extended matrix containing silicon and oxygen atoms with at least a fraction of the silicon being directly bonded to substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon atoms.
申请公布号
WO9826315(A1)
申请公布日期
1998.06.18
申请号
WO1997US22760
申请日期
1997.12.12
申请人
CORNING INCORPORATED;DAWES, STEVEN, BRUCE;JOHNSON, RONALD, EDGAR;MASCHMAYER, RICHARD, ORR;SHOUP, ROBERT, DONALD
发明人
DAWES, STEVEN, BRUCE;JOHNSON, RONALD, EDGAR;MASCHMAYER, RICHARD, ORR;SHOUP, ROBERT, DONALD