High-rejection optical filters patterned on organic-inorganic hybrids using UV laser direct writing

Author

Vicente, C.M.S. ; Fernandes, V. ; Marques, C.A.F. ; Marques, P.G. ; Pecoraro, E. ; Nogueira, R.N. ; Carlos, L.D. ; Ferreira, R.A.S. ; André, P.S.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Telecomun., Univ. de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

fYear

2011

fDate

Oct. 29 2011-Nov. 1 2011

Firstpage

265

Lastpage

267

Abstract

High-rejection optical filters (~ 20 dB) based on first-order Bragg gratings inscribed in channel waveguides were fabricated using UV-laser direct-write method in sol-gel derived organic-inorganic hybrids, so-called di-ureasils, processed as good-optical quality thin films on oxidized silicon substrates. The gratings were designed to operate at communication wavelengths of 1550 nm demonstrating the great potential of sol-gel technology in the integration of optoelectronic components.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; integrated optics; laser beam machining; optical waveguide filters; silicon; sol-gel processing; Si; UV laser direct writing; channel waveguides; di-ureasils; first-order Bragg gratings; high-rejection optical filters; organic-inorganic hybrids; oxidized silicon substrates; sol-gel technology; wavelength 1550 nm; Bragg gratings; Optical device fabrication; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Passive optical networks; Refractive index; di-ureasils; integrated optics; optical communications; optical filters; waveguide Bragg grating;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2011 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Natal

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2011.6169330

Filename

6169330