title: Effect of annealing on diffused channel waveguides.
abstract: Mode size measurements of the Ag(+)-Na(+) ion-exchanged channel waveguides in BK7 glass show a square root dependence on the annealing time in contrast to the linear variation predicted in the literature.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhenguang
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Ramaswamy