• DocumentCode
    405488
  • Title

    Optical spectroscopy of neodymium-doped tantalum pentoxide slab waveguides

  • Author

    Unal, B. ; Nett, M.C. ; Perney, N.M.B. ; Hassan, M. ; Shepherd, D.P. ; Baumber, J.J. ; Wilkinson, J.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Sci., Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    15-19 Dec. 2003
  • Abstract
    Neodymium doped tantalum pentoxide waveguides were fabricated by RF sputtering from a Nd doped Ta2O5 target. Waveguide losses, absorption spectra, fluorescence spectra and excited-state lifetime were measured, and show promise for realisation of waveguide lasers.
  • Keywords
    excited states; fluorescence spectroscopy; infrared spectroscopy; neodymium; optical fabrication; optical losses; sputtering; tantalum compounds; visible spectroscopy; waveguide lasers; RF sputtering; Ta2O5:Nd; absorption spectra; excited-state lifetime; fluorescence spectra; neodymium-doped tantalum pentoxide slab waveguides; optical spectroscopy; waveguide fabrication; waveguide lasers; waveguide loss; Absorption; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Neodymium; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Radio frequency; Slabs; Spectroscopy; Sputtering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7766-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274728
  • Filename
    1274728
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=405488