Optical Materials and Applications

5 Materials for OpticalWaveguides

Bishnu P. Pal

Contents

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Slab/Planar Waveguides: Physics and Analysis

5.3 Power Carried by a Guided Mode in a Planar Waveguide

5.4 Three-Dimensional Optical Waveguide Structures

5.5 Multilayer Optical Waveguides

5.5.1 Silica Waveguides

5.6 Electro-Optic Waveguides

5.6.1 Electro-Optic Materials

5.6.2 Electro-Optic Effects in LiNbO₃

5.7 Semiconductor Waveguides

5.8 Polymer Waveguides

5.9 Optical Waveguide Fabrication Techniques

5.9.1 Spin-Coating Technique

5.9.2 Dip-Coating Technique

5.9.3 Vacuum Evaporation Technique

5.9.4 Sputtering Technique

5.9.5 Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) or Epitaxy Technique

5.10 Polymer Waveguides

5.10.1 Ion-Exchange Technique for Graded Index Waveguides

5.10.2 ...