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The goal of this work was to address the technological problems associated with waveguide preparation by thermal- and electric-field–assisted K+–Na+ ion exchange in two types of soda-lime glass: common FTD and special pure GIL49. The number of modes, depth, profile, and the change in refractive index were measured for waveguides prepared at temperatures between 250 and 410 °C and electric-field values between 0 and 50 V/mm. Although the influence of some admixture content inside the glass was relatively high, all of these parameters were controlled accurately and repeatedly by the electric field.
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Kosíková, J., Schröfel, J. Planar waveguides prepared by K+–Na+ field-assisted ion exchange in different types of silicate glass. Journal of Materials Research 14, 3122–3129 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1999.0419
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1999.0419