Title :
Towards the creation of quasi-phasematched devices using femtosecond laser micromachining
Author :
Campbell, Stuart ; Ramsay, Euan ; Hand, Duncan P. ; Reid, Derryck T.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh
Abstract :
The feasibility of using femtosecond laser micro-machining to create Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) quasi-phasematched devices from single GaAs wafers is investigated. We describe machining of the structure and details of the machining quality achievable in GaAs.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam machining; micro-optics; micromachining; optical phase matching; GaAs; femtosecond laser micromachining; quasiphasematched devices; Ferroelectric materials; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Laser theory; Machining; Micromachining; Optical materials; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor materials; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627805
