Claims
- 1. A process for the production of an optical waveguide, comprising the steps:(a) shaping a substrate consisting essentially of organic material only; (b) applying at least one intermediate layer by a vacuum coating process, onto the substrate; and (c) applying a waveguide layer by means of a reactive physical vapor deposition (PVD) process, onto the intermediate layer, the reactive physical vapor deposition process being reactive DC sputtering, wherein at least one of applying said at least one intermediate layer and of applying said waveguide layer is performed by sputtering with a DC-plasma discharge supplied by a DC-generator, thereby comprising the step of cyclically separating said generator from the plasma discharge and simultaneously short-circuiting said plasma discharge.
- 2. A process for the production of an optical waveguide, comprising the steps:(a) shaping a substrate consisting essentially of organic material only; (b) applying at least one intermediate layer by a vacuum coating process, onto the substrate; and (c) applying a waveguide layer by means of a reactive physical vapor deposition (PVD) process, onto the intermediate layer, the reactive physical vapor deposition process being reactive DC sputtering, wherein said at least one intermediate layer is applied so that only a negligible part of light energy reaches an interface surface between said intermediate layer and said substrate.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 08/278,271, filed Jul. 21, 1994 now abandoned.
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