Laser action from an Er: Yb-doped Oxyfluoride Silicate glass waveguide fabricated using femtosecond laser inscription

Author

Psaila, N.D. ; Thomson, R.R. ; Bookey, H.T. ; Kar, A.K. ; Chiodo, N. ; Osellame, R. ; Cerullo, G. ; Shen, S. ; Jha, A.

Author_Institution

EPS (Phys.), Heriot Watt Univ., Edinburgh

fYear

2007

fDate

26-31 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate laser action from a waveguide fabricated in an Er:Yb-doped silicate glass using femtosecond laser inscription. Single-mode waveguides were fabricated exhibiting a total background insertion loss excluding absorption of only 1.2 dB. Textbook threshold characteristics are observed for both 980 nm excitation and dual wavelength excitation.

Keywords

erbium; excited states; laser beams; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical losses; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; ytterbium; 980 nm excitation; Er:Yb doped oxyfluoride silicate glass; Jk:Er,Yb; dual wavelength excitation; femtosecond laser inscription; insertion loss; laser action; single mode waveguides; textbook threshold characteristics; waveguide fabricated; wavelength 980 nm; Erbium; Glass; Insertion loss; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical materials; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1173-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1174-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391491

Filename

4391491