Title :
Glass-ceramics for photonics: Laser material processing
Author :
Goyes, Clara ; Solarte, Efrain ; Valligatla, Sreeramulu ; Chiappini, Andrea ; Chiasera, Alessandro ; Armellini, Cristina ; Mazzola, Maurizio ; Varas, Stefano ; Carpentiero, Alessandro ; Scotognella, Francesco ; Pelli, Stefano ; Prudenzano, Francesco ; Vac
Author_Institution :
Grupo IMAMNT, Univ. Autonoma de Occidente, Cali, Colombia
Abstract :
Transparent glass-ceramics, activated by luminescent species, present an important class of photonic materials because their specific optical, spectroscopic and structural properties. Several top-down and bottom-up techniques have been developed for transparent glass ceramic fabrication. Among them, laser material processing plays an important role and many significant results have been obtained in the field of waveguide glass ceramics fabrication. Here, after a short description of the state of art regarding laser material processing for glass ceramics, we report on the specific use of CO2 laser for the fabrication of transparent glass ceramic waveguides.
Keywords :
laser materials processing; optical glass; optical waveguides; CO2; glass-ceramics; luminescent species; optical properties; photonic materials; regarding laser material processing; spectroscopic properties; structural properties; transparent glass ceramic fabrication; transparent glass ceramic waveguides; waveguide glass ceramics fabrication; Annealing; Ceramics; Crystallization; Glass; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Waveguide lasers; CO2 laser; SiO2-HfO2; SiO2-ZrO2; attenuation coefficient; crystallization; laser material processing; planar waveguides; transparent glass-ceramics;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193488
