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Silica waveguides on silicon and their application to integrated-optic components

Kawachi, 1990

Document ID
73408360078035996
Author
Kawachi M
Publication year
Publication venue
Optical and Quantum Electronics

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A marriage of optical fibre fabrication technology and LSI microfabrication technology gave birth to fibre-matched silica waveguides on silicon: thick glass layers of high-silica-content glass are deposited on silicon by flame hydrolysis, a method originally developed for fibre …
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