Title :
Silver-film ion-exchanged singlemode waveguides in Er doped phosphate glass
Author :
Honkanen, S. ; Najafi, S.I. ; Poyhonen, P. ; Wang, Wei Jhih ; Chrostowski, J.
Author_Institution :
Equipe Photonique de Montreal, Ecole Polytech., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
The first fabrication of ion-exchanged waveguides in erbium doped phosphate glasses is reported. Singlemode channel waveguides are fabricated into a new erbium doped phosphate glass by a dry silver-film ion exchange technique. Mode profiles, transmission and fluorescence spectra of the fabricated waveguides are presented.
Keywords :
erbium; integrated optics; ion exchange; optical glass; optical waveguides; phosphate glasses; P 2O 5:Er glass; fluorescence spectra; glass; ion-exchanged waveguides; mode profiles; transmission spectra;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19911341
