Femtosecond laser inscription of optical waveguides in Bismuth ion doped glass

N. D. Psaila, R. R. Thomson, H. T. Bookey, A. K. Kar, N. Chiodo, R. Osellame, G. Cerullo, B. Brown, A. Jha, S. Shen

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Abstract

We report on the fabrication of high quality embedded channel waveguides inside Bi-doped silicate glass using femtosecond waveguide inscription. Waveguides are fabricated using both single and multi-scan fabrication techniques. Refractive index modifications of up to An = 4.3×10 -3 are observed, allowing the fabrication of waveguides nearly mode-matched to telecom fibers. When optically pumped at 980 and 810 nm broadband fluorescence emission centered at 1.3 µm with a FWHM of up to 500 nm is detected. © 2006 Optical Society of America.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10452-10459
Number of pages8
JournalOptics Express
Volume14
Issue number22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2006

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