• DocumentCode
    1657979
  • Title

    Near-IR to Mid-IR multimode waveguides in rare-earth doped YAG by ultrafast laser inscription

  • Author

    Ren, Y.Y. ; Beecher, S.J. ; Brown, G. ; Rodenas, A. ; Chen, F. ; Kar, A.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report near-infrared to mid-infrared (1.55 to 3.39 μm) multimode waveguiding in deep buried channel waveguides fabricated inside rare-earth ion doped ceramic YAG. Waveguiding is achieved by direct laser writing a tubular cladding region.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; thulium; YAG:Tm3+; deep buried channel waveguide; direct laser writing; mid-infrared multimode waveguide; near-infrared multimode waveguide; rare earth ion doped ceramic; tubular cladding region; ultrafast laser inscription; wavelength 1.55 mum to 3.39 mum; Ceramics; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Power lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325825
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1657979