Title :
Sapphire and other dielectric waveguide devices
Author_Institution :
Integrated Opt. Micro Syst. Group, Univ. of Twente, Enschede
Abstract :
Different fabrication methods have been explored successfully and surface and buried channel waveguide lasers have been demonstrated in Ti:sapphire for the first time. Since the propagation losses of these first-generation waveguides are still rather high, substantial improvement is required in order to obtain ultra-low-threshold waveguide lasers and to explore their full potential as light sources in various applications in integrated optics.
Keywords :
integrated optics; light sources; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical waveguide components; sapphire; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; Al2O3:Ti; Ti:sapphire laser; buried channel waveguide laser; dielectric waveguide devices; fabrication methods; first-generation waveguides; integrated optics; light sources; propagation losses; Dielectric devices; Integrated optics; Light sources; Optical device fabrication; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Surface emitting lasers; Surface waves; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688687
