Characterization and application of a channel- planar composite waveguide
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Abstract:
A new structural waveguide, which is referred to as a channel-planar composite optical waveguide (COWG), has been fabricated by sputtering of a titanium dioxide (TiO>(2)) film onto a glass substrate with potassium ion-exchanged channel waveguides. By use of a mask during deposition, the TiO(2) film was formed into a 27-nm-thick, 5-mm-wide strip with two 1-mm-long tapered ends perpendicular to the channel waveguides. Adiabatic transition of the TE(00) mode and the TE(00)- TM(00) mode separation inside such a channel-planar COWG were demonstrated by combination of theoretical analysis and measurement of the experimental attenuation that arises from scattering loss and evanescent-field dye absorption. Changing the superstrate index in the region of the TiO(2) film in the channel-planar COWG yielded polarimetric interference patterns. This new technique can be applied to integrated optical chemical and biological sensors to produce enhanced sensitivity.
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