• DocumentCode
    830728
  • Title

    Upconversion luminescence of Er-doped ZnF2 channel waveguides grown by MBE

  • Author

    Lui, Max ; Yap, Danny ; Lederman, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Hughes Res. Labs., Malibu, CA, USA
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1993
  • Firstpage
    172
  • Lastpage
    173
  • Abstract
    Planar waveguides of erbium doped ZnF2 on MgF2 substrate have been grown using molecular beam epitaxy and channel waveguides have been formed by ion milling. By exciting individual channels with an 800 nm pump, strong upconversion fluorescence has been generated at 410, 550 and 670 nm and at numerous weaker peaks. The fabrication technique can be adapted to semiconductor substrates for making compact diode-pumped visible and infra-red lasers.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fluorescence; luminescence of inorganic solids; molecular beam epitaxial growth; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; optical waveguides; optical workshop techniques; zinc compounds; 410 to 670 nm; 800 nm; Er-doped ZnF 2 channel waveguides; MBE; MgF 2 substrate; ZnF 2:Er-MgF 2; fabrication technique; ion milling; molecular beam epitaxy; nonlinear optics; planar waveguides; upconversion fluorescence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19930116
  • Filename
    184565
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=830728