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Formation of Waveguide Layers on the Surface of K8 Glass Produced by Thermoradiation Ion Exchange

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The low-temperature heat treatment of K8 glass is carried out at temperatures of 350–500°C in alkaline melts of NaNO3 and CsNO3 salts in the field of gamma radiation from the 60Co source at the dose rate of 3000 R/s and also outside the field. Under the influence of thermoradiation treatment due to the \({\text{Na}}_{{{\text{glass}}}}^{ + }\) ↔ \({\text{Cs}}_{{{\text{melt}}}}^{ + }\) ion-exchange diffusion, mechanical compressive stresses are created in the surface layer of the glass, which lead to the formation of a waveguide layer of the given thickness and an increase in the refractive index (RI) increment, the number of waveguide modes, and the depth of the waveguide layer.

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The authors are grateful Prof. N.V. Nikonorov for his methodological assistance during the experiments and for discussion of the results.

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This study was carried out on the fundamental research topic no. PP-4526 of the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

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Nuritdinov, I., Eshbekov, A.A. & Tuymanov, B.N. Formation of Waveguide Layers on the Surface of K8 Glass Produced by Thermoradiation Ion Exchange. Glass Phys Chem 49, 281–287 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1087659623600151

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