Luminescence from erbium ion implanted As/sup 2/S/sub 3/ planar waveguides

Author

Fick, J. ; Knystautas, E.J. ; Villenueuve, A. ; Roorda, S.

Author_Institution

Centre d´Opt., Photonique et Lasers, Laval Univ., Que., Canada

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

285

Lastpage

286

Abstract

Summary form only given. To the best of our knowledge this is for the first time that luminescence of erbium implanted As/sub 2/S/sub 3/ planar waveguides is reported. The low phonon energies of this glass matrix together with its high refractive index allows for very good active properties. These preliminary results are very encouraging and we will continue the characterization of the films. The fabrication of channel waveguides, necessary for the realization of optical amplifiers, was already demonstrated and will be the next step.

Keywords

arsenic compounds; erbium; optical fabrication; optical planar waveguides; photoluminescence; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; As/sub 2/S/sub 3/:Er; Er ion implanted As/sup 2/S/sub 3/ planar waveguide luminescence; active properties; erbium implanted As/sub 2/S/sub 3/ planar waveguides; glass matrix; high refractive index; low phonon energies; optical amplifiers; optical channel waveguide fabrication; solid lasers; Erbium; Glass; Luminescence; Optical films; Optical planar waveguides; Optical waveguides; Phonons; Planar waveguides; Refractive index; Transmission line matrix methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834198

Filename

834198