• DocumentCode
    2869675
  • Title

    Observation of Bloch oscillations in erbium-doped curved waveguide arrays written by a femtosecond laser

  • Author

    Valle, G. Della ; Chiodo, N. ; Osellame, R. ; Longhi, S. ; Morgner, U. ; Ramponi, R. ; Laporta, P. ; Cerullo, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Ist. di Fotonica e Nanotecnol. del CNR, Milano
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Imaging Bloch oscillations in curved waveguide arrays, fabricated by femtosecond laser writing in an erbium-doped glass substrate, is reported. The green fluorescence of erbium ions traces the flow of pump light along the array.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fluorescence; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; laser materials processing; optical arrays; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; Bloch oscillations; SiO2:Er; curved waveguide arrays; erbium ions; erbium-doped glass substrate; erbium-doped waveguide arrays; femtosecond laser writing; green fluorescence; pump light; Erbium; Fluorescence; Glass; Optical arrays; Optical imaging; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; Writing; 130.2790 Guided waves; 350.3390 Laser materials processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628138
  • Filename
    4628138