• DocumentCode
    3012336
  • Title

    Femtosecond Laser Inscription of Optical Waveguides in Bismuth Ion Doped Glass

  • Author

    Psaila, N.D. ; Thomson, R.R. ; Bookey, H.T. ; Kar, A.K. ; Chiodo, N. ; Osellame, R. ; Cerullo, G. ; Brown, G. ; Shen, S. ; Jha, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Heriot Watt Univ., Edinburgh
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on the fabrication of high quality embedded channel waveguides inside Bi-doped silicate glass using femtosecond waveguide inscription. When optically pumped, ultrabroadband fluorescence emission of 500 nm (FWHM) is detected, centered at 1.3 mum.
  • Keywords
    bismuth; fluorescence; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical pumping; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; JkJk:Bi; bismuth ion doped silicate glass; channel waveguides; femtosecond laser inscription; fluorescence emission; optical pumping; optical waveguides; wavelength 1.3 mum; Bismuth; Glass; Optical device fabrication; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453013
  • Filename
    4453013