Chalcogenide Glass Optical Waveguides for Optical Communication

Abstract:

The present research work is focused on fabricating the chalcogenide glass optical waveguides keeping in mind their application in optical communication. The propagation loss of the waveguides is also studied at three different wavelengths. The waveguides were fabricated by dry etching using ECR Plasma etching and the propagation loss is studied using Fabry-Perot technique. The waveguides having loss as low as 0.35 dB/cm at 1.3m is achieved. The technique used to fabricate waveguide is simple and cost effective.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 679)
• Pages: 41-45
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.679.41
• Online since: April 2013
• Authors: Husain Mushahid, Raman Swati
• Keywords: Chalcogenide Glasses, ECR Plasma Etching, Waveguide

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