Vol. 33, Issue 4, pp. 613-626

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Vol. 33 Issue 4 pp. 613-626

Investigations of multimode interference structures made by ion exchange in glass

Marek Blahut, Damian Kasprzak

Keywords

multimode interference structures, ion-exchange

Abstract

Experimental results obtained by the visualization method of modal interference in gradient-index multimode interference structures made by Ag+-Na+ and K+-Na+ ion exchange process in glass are presented. The investigation concerns the self-imaging phenomena for symmetrical and paired interference for TE, TM and unpolarized light excitation. A comparison between experimental results obtained and beam propagation method (BPM) simulations is also presented.

Vol. 33
Issue 4
pp. 613-626

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