Abstract

An apparatus for the measurement of attenuation of light in thin-film waveguides is described. It involves a prism that rides on a liquid film along the guide and couples the light out of the guide. A spatial resolution of ~0.5 mm and an accuracy of 0.02 dB/cm were achieved.

© 1973 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
OSA Recommended Articles
Optical loss measurement of low-loss thin-film waveguides by photographic analysis

Thomas A. Strasser and Mool C. Gupta
Appl. Opt. 31(12) 2041-2046 (1992)

Precision measurements of the optical attenuation profile along the propagation path in thin-film waveguides

Chia-Chi Teng
Appl. Opt. 32(7) 1051-1054 (1993)

Optical absorption and scattering losses of PTS and poly(4-BCMU) thin-film waveguides in the near infrared

W. Krug, E. Miao, M. Derstine, and J. Valera
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 6(4) 726-732 (1989)

More Recommended Articles

References

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Citation lists with outbound citation links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access OSA Member Subscription

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access OSA Member Subscription

Figures (3)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access OSA Member Subscription

Metrics

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article level metrics are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access OSA Member Subscription