Title :
Ultrafast laser fabrication of 3D waveguides in sapphire
Author :
McMillen, Benjamin ; Chen, Kevin P. ; Benayas, Antonio ; Jaque, Daniel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
We report on the fabrication of buried cannel waveguides in Sapphire crystals by 250-kHz high repetition rate ultrafast laser. The micro-fluorescence analysis generated by trace Cr3+ dopant is used to elucidate the micro-structural modifications.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; sapphire; 3D waveguides; buried cannel waveguides; frequency 250 kHz; micro-fluorescence analysis; sapphire crystals; ultrafast laser fabrication; Glass; Optical device fabrication; Optical harmonic generation; Optical microscopy; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5222626
