Raman Characterization of KGd(WO4)2 Waveguides Formed by Swift Heavy-Ion Irradiation

Author

Merchant, C.A. ; Scrutton, P. ; Garcia-Blanco, S. ; Helmy, A.S. ; Aitchison, J.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont.

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

320

Lastpage

321

Abstract

We report Raman spectroscopy measurements of waveguides formed in KGd(WO4)2 using swift heavy ion irradiation. Results show good preservation of Raman properties in the guiding region of the waveguide when irradiated with carbon ions, and a marked reduction in Raman properties when irradiated with oxygen and fluorine ions.

Keywords

Raman spectroscopy; carbon; fluorine; gadolinium compounds; ion beam effects; ion implantation; nonlinear optics; optical fabrication; optical materials; optical testing; optical waveguides; oxygen; potassium compounds; C; F; KGd(WO₄)₂; O; Raman characterization; Raman spectroscopy measurements; carbon ion irradiation; fluorine ions; oxygen ions; swift heavy-ion irradiation; waveguides; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics; Raman scattering; Refractive index; Spectroscopy; Wavelength conversion; KGW; Raman spectroscopy; ion implantation; nonlinear optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9555-7

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9555-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2006.279095

Filename

4054186