Abstract: Integrated optical guides are fabricated on fluoride glass plates by expog such plates to an atmosphere of a gaseous halogen other than fluorine, or of a compound capable of generating such a halogen, at high temperature and pressure, so as to obtain a ion exchange between fluoride ions in the glass and halide ions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 2, 1989
Date of Patent:
May 8, 1990
Assignees:
Societa' Cavi Pierelli S.p.A., Sirti S.p.A., SIP-Societa Italiana Per L'Esercizio Telecommunicazione P.A.