Germanate glass channel waveguides for infrared waveguide lasers

Author

Tao Luo ; Shibin Jiang ; Yongdan Hu ; Conti, G. Nunzi ; Honkanen, S. ; Mendes, S.B. ; Peyghambarian, N.

Author_Institution

Opt. Sci. Center, Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

554

Lastpage

555

Abstract

Summary form only given. Integrated waveguide lasers at wavelengths of 2 /spl mu/m or longer are very desirable for a number of applications. Germanate glass is highly photosensitive, so Bragg gratings could be directly written into waveguides to realize highly integrated waveguide laser. We report the demonstration of channel waveguides in germanate glass by the molten salt ion-exchange technique for the first time to the best of our knowledge. It is a major step forward towards realizing 2 /spl mu/m integrated waveguide lasers.

Keywords

germanate glasses; integrated optics; ion exchange; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical waveguides; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; 2 /spl mu/m integrated waveguide lasers; 2 mum; Bragg gratings; channel waveguides; germanate glass; germanate glass channel waveguides; highly integrated waveguide lase; highly photosensitive; infrared waveguide lasers; integrated optics; integrated waveguide lasers; molten salt ion-exchange technique; Charge coupled devices; Fluorescence; Glass; Laser excitation; Laser radar; Laser theory; Pump lasers; Silicon compounds; Voltage; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834587

Filename

834587