Title :
F/sub 2/ laser-induced visible-and infrared-confining buried waveguides in fused silica
Author :
Valdivia, Christopher ; Wei, X. Midori ; Coric, Dragan ; Herman, Peter R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Buried refractive index changes of 10/sup -4/ to 10/sup -3/ were written in fused silica with F/sub 2/ laser nanosecond-pulse ultraviolet radiation, forming visible- and infrared-confining cylindrical waveguides of 1.6 dB/cm loss and 7/spl times/10/sup -6/ birefringence.
Keywords :
birefringence; circular waveguides; colour centre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectra; laser materials processing; optical waveguides; refractive index; silicon compounds; ultraviolet radiation effects; visible spectra; 0.38 to 0.78 micron; 0.7 to 100 micron; 10 to 380 nm; F/sub 2/ laser nanosecond-pulse; F/sub 2/ laser-induced infrared-confining buried waveguide; F/sub 2/ laser-induced visible confining buried waveguide; SiO/sub 2/; birefringence; fused silica; refractive index; ultraviolet radiation; Laser beams; Laser transitions; Optical losses; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Silicon compounds; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
