Optically written waveguides in ion implanted Bi4Ge3O12

✍ Scribed by W.S. Brocklesby; S.J. Field; D.C. Hanna; A.C. Large; J.R. Lincoln; D.P. Shepherd; A.C. Trooper; P.J. Chandler; P.D. Townsend; L. Zhang; X.Q. Feng; Q. Hu

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 632 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0925-3467
• DOI: 10.1016/0925-3467(92)90026-j

✦ Synopsis

We report the first observation of optically written channel waveguides in ion implanted Bi4Ge3O12 (BGO). Raman spectroscopy has been used to investigate the changes occurring due to both the original ion implantation and the subsequent optical writing of channel waveguides.