发明名称 |
Optical waveguides and devices including same |
摘要 |
A photosensitive glass made of a ternary compound SiO2:SnO2:R2O where R is a Group I element such as Na, K or Li. The addition of an oxide of a Group I element increases the solubility of tin oxide in a silica matrix and produces a glass which is highly photosensitive and in which optically written refractive index modulations have remarkable temperature stability (solid circles) at least as good as that of the binary glass SiO2:SnO2 (open circles) and much superior to that of conventional germanosilicate glass (solid triangles) or borogermanosilicate glass (open triangles). The inclusion of the Group I oxide effectively increases the solubility of tin oxide in the non-crystalline silica matrix well above the 1 % limit of SiO2:SnO2 photosensitive glass, at which Sn would normally crystallise in the oxide. By contrast to boron or phosphorous co-dopants, the introduction of the Group I element does not appear to cause any increase in the background refractive index, allowing the manufacture of waveguide devices compatible with standard telecommunication fibres. |
申请公布号 |
AU4090801(A) |
申请公布日期 |
2001.10.03 |
申请号 |
AU20010040908 |
申请日期 |
2001.03.20 |
申请人 |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON |
发明人 |
GILBERTO BRAMBILLA;VALERIO PRUNERI;LAURENCE REEKIE |
分类号 |
C03C3/06;C03C3/078;C03C3/095;C03C4/04;C03C13/04;G02B6/02;G02B6/124;G02B6/13;H01S3/063;H01S3/067;H01S3/16 |
主分类号 |
C03C3/06 |
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