Glass-Ceramic waveguides: Fabrication and properties

Author

Guddala, S. ; Alombert-Goget, G. ; Armellini, C. ; Chiappini, A. ; Chiasera, A. ; Ferrari, M. ; Mazzola, M. ; Berneschi, S. ; Righini, G.C. ; Moser, E. ; Boulard, B. ; Arfuso, C. Duverger ; Bhaktha, S.N.B. ; Turrell, S. ; Rao, D. Narayana ; Speranza, G.

Author_Institution

CSMFO Lab., CNR-IFN, Trento, Italy

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Er³⁺-acticated silica-hafnia glass-ceramic waveguides were fabricated by bottom-up and top-down approaches. The pros and cons of the procedures in terms of optical, spectroscopic and structural properties are reported, in particular regarding attenuation coefficient, NIR emission, and local environment for the rare-earth ions. The results confirm the significance of SiO₂-HfO₂ glass ceramic waveguides as a viable photonic system.

Keywords

glass ceramics; hafnium compounds; nanocomposites; optical fabrication; optical materials; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; NIR emission; SiO₂-HfO₂; attenuation coefficient; bottom-up approach; fabrication; glass ceramic waveguides; optical property; photonic system; spectroscopic property; structural properties; top-down approach; Ceramics; Glass; Nanocrystals; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics; Rayleigh scattering; Stimulated emission; Glass-ceramics; Losses; Nanocrystals; Photoluminescence; Sol-gel; Waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7799-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7797-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549172

Filename

5549172