The results of two experiments utilizing crystalline quartz as the substrate of a thin-film optical waveguide are presented. TE ⇌ TM mode conversion is demonstrated and shown to be due to the anisotropic nature of quartz. Using experimentally measured parameters in the previously reported analysis, we find good agreement between the theory and experiment.
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