Mono-crystalline rare earth doped (Gd, Lu)2O3 waveguiding films produced by Pulsed Laser Deposition and structured by reactive ion etching

Author

Kahn, A. ; Gun, T. ; Ileri, B. ; Kuhn, H. ; Petermann, K. ; Huber, G. ; Bradley, J.D.B. ; Ay, F. ; Worhoff, K. ; Pollnau, M. ; Luo, Y. ; Hoffmann, P.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Laser-Phys., Univ. Hamburg, Hamburg

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Epitaxially grown Nd(0.5%):(Gd, Lu)₂O₃ and Er(0.6%):(Gd, Lu)₂O₃ waveguides deposited on Y₂O₃ by pulsed laser deposition, providing peak emission cross sections comparable with those of Lu₂O₃ bulk crystals, have been fabricated and structured. Rib waveguiding has been shown.

Keywords

erbium; gadolinium compounds; lutetium compounds; neodymium; optical fabrication; optical films; optical waveguides; pulsed laser deposition; sputter etching; (GdLu)₂O₃:Er; (GdLu)₂O₃:Nd; Y₂O₃; epitaxially grown waveguides; monocrystalline rare earth doped waveguiding films; peak emission cross sections; pulsed laser deposition; reactive ion etching; Conducting materials; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Pulsed laser deposition; Thermal conductivity; (140.3380) Laser materials; (230.7380) Waveguides, channeled; (310.1860) Deposition and fabrication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572016