Photo-oriented polymerization in hybrid glass waveguides

Kalaichelvi Saravanamuttu; Mark P. Andrews

doi:10.1117/12.384323

2 May 2000 Photo-oriented polymerization in hybrid glass waveguides

Kalaichelvi Saravanamuttu, Mark P. Andrews

Proceedings Volume 3943, Sol-Gel Optics V; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384323
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronics, 2000, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The unique ways in which sol-gel derived silicate networks, that contain photosensitive methacrylate substituents, respond to light are described. Visible laser light in a hybrid acrylate-silica glass waveguide leads to photo initiated polymerization of the monomer. Polymerization proceeds with a high degree of spatial localization to create an 'optical fiber on a chip'. Photo transformations in the matrix are monitored by in situ waveguide Raman spectroscopy. Photo-orientation of the acrylate polymerization is controlled by the polarization sates of the guided wave. In this way, birefringence axes are reversibly written in the fiber.

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Kalaichelvi Saravanamuttu and Mark P. Andrews "Photo-oriented polymerization in hybrid glass waveguides", Proc. SPIE 3943, Sol-Gel Optics V, (2 May 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384323

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