Er-doped sol-gel glasses for integrated optics

C.-Y. Li; J. Ingenhoff; S. Iraj Najafi; J. E. Chisham; M. MacLachlan; Mark P. Andrews; Yu-Hua Kao; John D. Mackenzie; Tomoko Ohtsuki; Nasser Peyghambarian

doi:10.1117/12.206891

24 April 1995 Er-doped sol-gel glasses for integrated optics

C.-Y. Li, J. Ingenhoff, S. Iraj Najafi, J. E. Chisham, M. MacLachlan, Mark P. Andrews, Yu-Hua Kao, John D. Mackenzie, Tomoko Ohtsuki, Nasser Peyghambarian

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Proceedings Volume 2397, Optoelectronic Integrated Circuit Materials, Physics, and Devices; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206891
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Erbium-doped glasses are of great interest for optical fiber telecommunications at 1.5 micrometers . The sol-gel process offers many advantages for synthesizing materials for integrated optical devices. Some of these advantages include high-purity, low-temperature synthesis, and excellent control and flexibility over composition and design. In this paper, we report the first Er-doped sol-gel waveguides. We examined several approaches for alleviating the OH^- quenching problem associated with conventional sol-gel processes. We prepared the first ion exchangeable Er-doped glasses which can be fabricated into integrated optical devices. The concept of molecular docking of Er as a coordinate complex in gel matrices to improve the luminescence properties has been applied. We also exploited the concept of using the evanescence field to couple energy into an Er-doped sol-gel layer on top of a glass optical device. New progresses in modifying the properties of gel matrices for integrated optical device applications are presented.

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C.-Y. Li, J. Ingenhoff, S. Iraj Najafi, J. E. Chisham, M. MacLachlan, Mark P. Andrews, Yu-Hua Kao, John D. Mackenzie, Tomoko Ohtsuki, and Nasser Peyghambarian "Er-doped sol-gel glasses for integrated optics", Proc. SPIE 2397, Optoelectronic Integrated Circuit Materials, Physics, and Devices, (24 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206891

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