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Fabrication and Characterization of Sol-Gel Ternary Titanium Silicate Waveguides

  • Junmo Koo (Lab. of Optical Materials and Coating (LOMC) Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) ;
  • Han, Sang-Soo (Lab. of Optical Materials and Coating (LOMC) Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) ;
  • Bae, Byeong-Soo (Lab. of Optical Materials and Coating (LOMC) Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))
  • Published : 1996.06.01
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Abstract

Aluminum and zinc titanium silicate sol-gel films were fabricated for application of waveguide and the effect of additions of ZnO and $Al_2O_3$ to binary titanium silicate films was investigated. During firing, the films are densified as they shrunk and their refractive index increases in the range of 1.58-1.83 depending on the film composition. The attenuation of the waveguides is not sensitive to changes in composition except for zinc titanium silicate waveguides which have substantially higher attenuation. However, the increase in the attenuation with aging of the waveguides depend upon the composition of waveuides. The addition $Al_2O_3$ or the reduced $SiO_2$ content in the composition appears to slow the deterioration of the waveguides due to the formation of more stable bonds and increased acidity on the film surface. Also, the wavelength dependence of the attenuation of the waveguides varies with composition. The attenuation of the waveguides except for the $65SiO_2{\cdot}35TiO_2$ composition are not Rayleigh scatter limited, suggesting the absorption loss of the waveguides due to the effects of residual carbon and structural defects in the films.

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