Sulfide glass optical waveguides prepared by sol-gel processing

Rui Manuel Almeida; J. Xu

doi:10.1117/12.384332

2 May 2000 Sulfide glass optical waveguides prepared by sol-gel processing

Rui Manuel Almeida, J. Xu

Proceedings Volume 3943, Sol-Gel Optics V; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384332
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronics, 2000, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Sol-gel processing is a very good method for the preparation of silica and other oxide glass planar optical waveguides, including those doped with rare-earth ions like Nd³⁺ or Er³⁺, for applications such as integrated optics lasers and amplifiers. In active integrated optics devices for 1.54 micrometers , involving Er³⁺ doping, a low vibrational energy glass matrix is desirable, in order to increase the quantum efficiency of the Er³⁺ emission; however, this is even more important in the case of Pr³⁺. Here, therefore, the use of a low vibrational energy sulfide glass becomes particularly adequate, although the sol-gel processing of non-oxide glasses is still in its infancy.

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Rui Manuel Almeida and J. Xu "Sulfide glass optical waveguides prepared by sol-gel processing", Proc. SPIE 3943, Sol-Gel Optics V, (2 May 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384332

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