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SiO2/TiO2/γ-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane composite materials processed by the sol-gel technique were studied for optical waveguide applications. Waveguide films with thickness more than 1.7 μm were prepared on a silicon substrate by a single-coating process and low-temperature heat treatment from these high-titanium-content composite materials. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-VIS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) have been used to characterize the waveguide films. TGA curves showed that organic compounds in the composite materials would decompose in the temperature range from 200 °C to 480 °C. SEM, AFM and UV-VIS results showed that a dense, porous-free, and high transparency in the visible range waveguide film could be obtained at a low heat-treatment temperature. It was also noted that the carbon content in the film with higher titanium content heated at high temperature was evidenced by XPS. The waveguide propagation loss properties of the composite material films were also investigated and showed a dependence on the titanium molar fraction.
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Received: 13 June 2000 / Accepted: 21 June 2000 / Published online: 20 September 2000
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Que, W., Zhou, Y., Lam, Y. et al. Preparation and characterizations of SiO2/TiO2/γ-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane composite materials for optical waveguides . Appl Phys A 73, 171–176 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390000612
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390000612