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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2005
Applicants:
George Halsey Beall, Big Flats, NY (US);
Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Elmira, NY (US);
Bryce Neilson Samson, Granby, CT (US);
Inventors:
George Halsey Beall, Big Flats, NY (US);
Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Elmira, NY (US);
Bryce Neilson Samson, Granby, CT (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Optical waveguides are fabricated in glass-ceramic materials utilizing an ion-exchange process to pattern the waveguide at a temperature below the ceramming temperature of the glass-ceramic material. The optical waveguides may include optically-active dopants dispersed preferably within the crystallite phase of the glass-ceramic material.