• DocumentCode
    2300917
  • Title

    Ultrafast laser inscription of low loss waveguides in polycrystalline ZnSe

  • Author

    Macdonald, J.R. ; Thomson, R.R. ; Psaila, N.D. ; Beecher, S.J. ; Bookey, H.T. ; Kar, A.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2010
  • Firstpage
    56
  • Lastpage
    57
  • Abstract
    We describe the fabrication of optical waveguides in polycrystalline ZnSe using ultrafast laser inscription. The optimum waveguide, characterized at 800 nm, exhibited a propagation loss of 0.5 dB·cm-1.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; light propagation; optical losses; optical waveguides; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; ZnSe; low loss waveguides; optical waveguide fabrication; propagation loss; ultrafast laser inscription; wavelength 800 nm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO
  • ISSN
    -
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5368-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    -
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698754
  • Filename
    5698754
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2300917