Title :
Rare earth-doped waveguide lasers
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Recent developments in rare earth-doped planar waveguide lasers in glass and LiNbO3 are reviewed, and the first demonstration of an integrated Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) laser in a neodymium-doped glass channel waveguide is described. A new technique for making volume gratings in thermal ion-exchanged glass waveguides is also presented. The technique is based on photobleaching a gamma ray-induced absorption defect center which is located at a wavelength of 330 nm
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; neodymium; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; 330 nm; LiNbO3; gamma ray-induced absorption defect center; integrated distributed Bragg reflector laser; neodymium-doped glass channel waveguide; photobleaching; rare earth-doped planar waveguide lasers; thermal ion-exchanged glass waveguides; volume gratings; Fiber lasers; Glass; Gratings; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical fiber devices; Planar waveguides; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379073
