Forming optical waveguides in silicate glasses under electron irradiation

Жигалов А.А., Игнатьев А.И., Никоноров Н.В., Подсвиров О.А., Сидоров А.И. Формирование оптических волноводов в силикатных стеклах при электронном облучении // Оптический журнал. 2011. Т. 78. № 10. С. 63–66.

Zhigalov A.A., Ignatiev A.I., Nikonorov N.V., Podsvirov O.A., Sidorov A.I. Forming optical waveguides in silicate glasses under electron irradiation [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2011. V. 78. № 10. P. 63–66.

A. A. Zhiganov, O. A. Podsvirov, A. I. Ignat’ev, N. V. Nikonorov, and A. I. Sidorov, "Forming optical waveguides in silicate glasses under electron irradiation," Journal of Optical Technology. 78(10), 684-686 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.78.000684

It is experimentally shown that electron-beam irradiation of silicate glasses causes a layered structure having increased refractive index and possessing waveguide properties to be formed in the near-surface layer of the glass. This effect is associated with a local increase of the refractive index of the glass as a result of the field migration of positive metal ions into the region of negative space charge.