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Float-glass: An industrial substrate for integrated optics

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Low-loss single-mode waveguides form at the surface of glass in contact with liquid tin during the float process. Theoretical and experimental studies have demonstrated that float-glass can serve as an industrial substrate for integrated optics.

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  1. Department of Computer Design and Technology, Polytechnic Institute, Teryan 105, 375009, Yerevan, USSR

    S. Sh. Gevorgyan, M. H. Zabunyan & G. S. Vrtanessyan

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Gevorgyan, S.S., Zabunyan, M.H. & Vrtanessyan, G.S. Float-glass: An industrial substrate for integrated optics. Opt Quant Electron 21, 307–319 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02027301

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