Title :
Optically active erbium doped waveguides fabricated using reactive pulsed laser deposition (RPLD)
Author :
Thomson, R.R. ; Shen, S. ; Jha, A. ; Romano, F. ; Caricato, A.P. ; Martino, M. ; Kar, A.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
Thin films of multi-component erbium doped glass were fabricated using reactive pulsed laser deposition (RPLD). Rib waveguides were fabricated from these films using reactive ion etching. Optical characterization results include Er-fluorescence and Er-absorption measurements.
Keywords :
erbium; fluorescence; optical fabrication; optical films; optical glass; optical waveguides; pulsed laser deposition; rib waveguides; sputter etching; Er-absorption; Er-fluorescence; erbium doped waveguide fabrication; reactive ion etching; reactive pulsed laser deposition; rib waveguides; Erbium; Etching; Glass; Optical films; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics; Pulsed laser deposition; Sputtering; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548240
