• DocumentCode
    521294
  • Title

    Strain field manipulation in ultrafast laser inscribed nonlinear BiB3O6 optical waveguides

  • Author

    Beecher, S.J. ; Thomson, R.R. ; Psaila, N.D. ; Reid, D.T. ; Kar, A.K. ; Ebrahim-Zadeh, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Type I phase matching is demonstrated in an ultrafast laser inscribed BiB3O6 optical waveguide. A novel technique was implemented to achieve good spatial overlap of the horizontally and vertically polarized modes in “strain-field” type waveguides.
  • Keywords
    bismuth compounds; nonlinear optics; optical waveguides; BiB3O6; nonlinear optical waveguides; phase matching; spatial overlap; strain field manipulation; ultrafast laser; Capacitive sensors; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500910