Title :
Observation of Bloch oscillations in erbium-doped curved waveguide arrays written by a femtosecond laser
Author :
Valle, G. Della ; Chiodo, N. ; Osellame, R. ; Longhi, S. ; Morgner, U. ; Ramponi, R. ; Laporta, P. ; Cerullo, G.
Author_Institution :
Ist. di Fotonica e Nanotecnol. del CNR, Milano
Abstract :
Imaging Bloch oscillations in curved waveguide arrays, fabricated by femtosecond laser writing in an erbium-doped glass substrate, is reported. The green fluorescence of erbium ions traces the flow of pump light along the array.
Keywords :
erbium; fluorescence; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; laser materials processing; optical arrays; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; Bloch oscillations; SiO2:Er; curved waveguide arrays; erbium ions; erbium-doped glass substrate; erbium-doped waveguide arrays; femtosecond laser writing; green fluorescence; pump light; Erbium; Fluorescence; Glass; Optical arrays; Optical imaging; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; Writing; 130.2790 Guided waves; 350.3390 Laser materials processing;
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.2006.4628138
