Title :
Ar/sup +/ beam etched Ti:sapphire rib waveguides: a route for the development of broadband fluorescence and channel laser sources
Author :
Grivas, C. ; Shepherd, D.P. ; May-Smith, T.C. ; Eason, R.W. ; Pollnau, M.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectronics Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
Ar/sup +/-beam-milled rib waveguides were fabricated in pulsed-laser-deposited Ti:sapphire films and overgrown by a 5 /spl mu/m thick sapphire layer to reduce losses. They show broadband single transverse-mode fluorescence emission and potential for development of laser sources.
Keywords :
argon; fluorescence; optical films; optical losses; optical materials; pulsed laser deposition; rib waveguides; sapphire; sputter etching; titanium; waveguide lasers; 5 mum; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; Ar/sup +/; Ar/sup +/-beam-milled rib waveguides; broadband single transverse-mode fluorescence emission; channel laser sources; pulsed-laser-deposited Ti:sapphire films;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
