Mid-IR Emission in Erbium-Doped Gallium Lanthanum Sulfide Glass Integrated Optic Waveguides

Author

Frantz, J.A. ; Shaw, L.B. ; Myers, J.D. ; Ewing, K.J. ; Sanghera, J.S.

Author_Institution

Opt. Mater. & Devices Branch, U.S. Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

14-16 July 2014

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

50

Abstract

We demonstrate mid-IR emission at a wavelength of 2.7 μm in chalcogenide glass integrated optic waveguides. Slab and rib waveguides are fabricated in RF magnetron sputtered films of erbium-doped gallium lanthanum sulfide glass. Elevated substrate temperature during deposition is found to enhance fluorescence lifetime, resulting in 2.7 μm emission from slab waveguides with a lifetime of 0.7 ms.

Keywords

chalcogenide glasses; erbium; fluorescence; gallium compounds; integrated optics; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical waveguides; rib waveguides; sputter deposition; RF magnetron sputtered films; chalcogenide glass integrated optic waveguides; deposition; elevated substrate temperature; erbium-doped gallium lanthanum sulfide glass integrated optic waveguides; fluorescence lifetime; mid-IR emission; rib waveguides; slab waveguides; time 0.7 ms; wavelength 2.7 mum; Fluorescence; Gallium; Glass; Lanthanum; Optical waveguides; Substrates; Waveguide lasers; infrared materials; integrated optics; mid-infrared; rare-earth doped glass; waveguide;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2766-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SUM.2014.36

Filename

6902981