Quinine doped hybrid sol-gel coatings for wave guiding and optical applications

Pure and quinine doped silica coatings have been prepared over sodalime glasses. The coatings were consolidated at low temperature (range 60-180 A degrees C) preserving optical activity of quinine molecule. We designed a device to test the guiding properties of the coatings. We confirmed with this d...

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Autores: Enríquez, Esther, García, M. A., Carmona Tejero, Noemí, Fernández, J. F., Rubia, M. A. de la
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/44710
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44710
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Sol–gel coatings
Photoluminescence
Waveguides
Silica
Quinine
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Sumario:Pure and quinine doped silica coatings have been prepared over sodalime glasses. The coatings were consolidated at low temperature (range 60-180 A degrees C) preserving optical activity of quinine molecule. We designed a device to test the guiding properties of the coatings. We confirmed with this device that light injected in pure silica coatings is guided over distances of meters while quinine presence induces isotropic photoluminescence. With the combined use of both type of coatings, it is possible to design light guiding devices and illuminate regions in glass elements without electronic circuits.