Abstract
This article presents results of device fabrication using UV processing of materials and integrated optic components produced by flame hydrolysis deposition and hybrid sol-gel technology. Photosensitive materials were employed in the fabrication of channel waveguides and channel photo-imprinted waveguides incorporating Bragg gratings through single and double-step exposure.
Acknowledgment
This work was supported partially under project POCTI/ESE/43065/2001 and a Ph.D. fellowship SFRD/BD/4643/2001 awarded to P. J. Moreira, both with financial support of FCT–Fundação para a Ciěncia e a Tecnologia. This work was also partially supported by the European Project PLATON (PLAnar Technology for Optical Networks), action line IST-2002-4.8.3, contract number IST-2001-38168.