Integrated Photonics on Glass: A Review of the Ion-Exchange Technology Achievements
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Abstract
Ion-exchange on glass is one of the major technological platforms that are available to manufacture low-cost, high performance Planar Lightwave Circuits (PLC). In this paper, the principle of ion-exchanged waveguide realization is presented. Then a review of the main achievements observed over the last 30 years will be given. The focus is first made on devices for telecommunications (passive and active ones) before the application of ion-exchanged waveguides to sensors is addressed.
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OpenAlex topics: Photonic and Optical Devices · Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices · Optical Network Technologies
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IMEP-LAHC, University Savoie Mont Blanc, University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, 38000 Grenoble, France
Institute of Photonics, University of Eastern Finland, 80100 Joensuu, Finland
Funding
Nokia Foundation · Academy of Finland
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