Network with thermally induced waveguide
 1.times.2 and more complex switching operations use routing corresponding with guides produced by heating with a laterally-homogeneous layer. Strip heaters, in contact with a silica-based sandwich structure, thermally increase refractive index to define laterally-constrained cores within the center layer. 
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Hyung J. Weyl-kuo
Lee Wang