• DocumentCode
    2991801
  • Title

    Optical Rib Waveguide Structures Based on (Lu, Gd) Co-doped KY(WO4)2: Yb Epitaxial Layers

  • Author

    Gardillou, Florent ; Romanyuk, Yaroslav E. ; Borca, Camelia N. ; Pollnau, Markus ; Salathe, Rene-Paul

  • Author_Institution
    Advanced Photonics Laboratory, Institute of Imaging and Applied Optics, Ecole Polytechnique Féderale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. florent.gardillou@epfl.ch
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Co-doping KY(WO4)2: Yb layers with Lu and Gd increases 10x the refractive-index-contrast with respect to KY(WO4)2 substrates. These results pave the way for integrated optical circuits in this promising material.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Crystallization; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics; Refractive index; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801188
  • Filename
    4801188