Abstract

Polymer waveguides were fabricated by ion implantation involving poly(vinyl carbazole) films. This material was implanted by oxygen ions (O⁺⁺) of energies ranging from 50 to 250 keV. The ion doses varied from 10¹⁰ to 10¹⁵ ions/cm². The conventional prism – film coupler method was used to determine the waveguiding nature of the implanted and unimplanted films. The increase of the surface refractive index in the implanted layer has been studied by measuring the effective refractive index (n_eff) for different optical modes. Electron spectroscopy chemical analysis measurements were also performed to assess the effect of ion implantation on the polymer matrix.

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