Optical waveguide scattering and Griffith microcracks

1 July 1971

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IEEE

Vol. 59 (7), 1123-1124
https://doi.org/10.1109/PROC.1971.8346

Abstract

Experiments with low bulk loss liquid guides indicate that scattering losses can be attributed to the glass substrates. Order-of-magnitude computations point to trapped air as the source of scatter.

Keywords

OPTICAL SCATTERING
OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES
GLASS
FREQUENCY
SUBSTRATES
OPTICAL FILMS
CHARGE CARRIER PROCESSES
OPTICAL ATTENUATORS
OPTICAL LOSSES
TELLURIUM

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