Title :
Symmetric waveguides written in Er3+-doped B2O3-based glass using femtosecond laser pulses
Author :
Yang, Weijia ; Bricchi, Erica ; Kazansky, Peter G.
Author_Institution :
Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
Single-mode channel waveguides are fabricated in Er3+-doped Bi2O3-based glass using femtosecond laser pulses at 800 nm. A waveguide with circular transverse profile is demonstrated without using any beam shaping technique.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; erbium; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical waveguides; 800 nm; Bi2O3:Er; Er3+-doped B2O3 glass; channel waveguides; circular transverse profile waveguide; femtosecond laser pulses; optical fabrication; single-mode waveguides; symmetric waveguides; Bismuth; Erbium; Glass; Laser beams; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor waveguides; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202320
