Title :
Optical waveguides in hard crystalline materials
Author_Institution :
Adv. Photonics Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
The recent results of our research group and collaborators in the field of fabrication, characterization, and applications of optical waveguides in hard crystalline materials, specifically in sapphire and Ti:sapphire, are reviewed.
Keywords :
optical fabrication; optical materials; optical waveguides; sapphire; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; Ti:sapphire; fabrication; hard crystalline materials; optical waveguides; Crystalline materials; Fluorescence; Laser modes; Optical device fabrication; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202099
