• DocumentCode
    2636684
  • Title

    Optically active erbium doped waveguides fabricated using reactive pulsed laser deposition (RPLD)

  • Author

    Thomson, R.R. ; Shen, S. ; Jha, A. ; Romano, F. ; Caricato, A.P. ; Martino, M. ; Kar, A.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-28 Oct. 2005
  • Firstpage
    796
  • Lastpage
    797
  • Abstract
    Thin films of multi-component erbium doped glass were fabricated using reactive pulsed laser deposition (RPLD). Rib waveguides were fabricated from these films using reactive ion etching. Optical characterization results include Er-fluorescence and Er-absorption measurements.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fluorescence; optical fabrication; optical films; optical glass; optical waveguides; pulsed laser deposition; rib waveguides; sputter etching; Er-absorption; Er-fluorescence; erbium doped waveguide fabrication; reactive ion etching; reactive pulsed laser deposition; rib waveguides; Erbium; Etching; Glass; Optical films; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics; Pulsed laser deposition; Sputtering; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9217-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548240
  • Filename
    1548240