Direct inscription of photonic band-gap waveguides into bulk optical glass

Author

Fuerbach, A. ; Gross, S. ; Arriola, Aitor ; Alberich, M. ; Withford, Michael

Author_Institution

Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Utilizing a recently developed novel two-step fabrication process we present the first experimental demonstration of photonic band-gap waveguiding structures inscribed into bulk optical glass via the femtosecond laser direct-write technique. The waveguides are fabricated by placing an array of circular high-index contrast rods around an unmodified core. We observe the formation of discrete band-gaps that can be precisely tuned by controlling the diameter of the individual rods.

Keywords

laser materials processing; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical waveguides; photonic band gap; bulk optical glass; circular high-index contrast rods; direct inscription; femtosecond laser direct-write technique; optical fabrication; photonic band-gap waveguides; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Photonic band gap; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguides; femtosecond lasers; microfabrication; photonic band-gaps;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cartagena

ISSN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602991

Filename

6602991