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Dynamic control of refractive index during pulsed laser deposited waveguide growth

Dynamic control of refractive index during pulsed laser deposited waveguide growth
Dynamic control of refractive index during pulsed laser deposited waveguide growth
Engineering the optical properties of waveguides is important for the optimization of their guided optical mode characteristics. Here, we document the dynamic control of the refractive index and composition of crystalline films, via the substrate temperature, during pulsed-laser-deposition growth of Er(1%)-doped yttrium gallium garnet on <100>-orientated single-crystal yttrium aluminium garnet. An increasing substrate temperature is observed to reduce the gallium content in the grown film, with a corresponding reduction of refractive index. We demonstrate the ability to accurately control the refractive index via this technique and use it to grow a complex multi-core crystal waveguide. Our results highlight the potential of using pulsed laser deposition to fabricate crystal films with bespoke optical properties and thus engineer passive and active waveguide devices in situ.
Grant-Jacob, James
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Shepherd, David P.
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Shepherd, David P.
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Eason, Robert W.
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Grant-Jacob, James, Beecher, Stephen J., Riris, Haris, Yu, Anthony, Shepherd, David P., Eason, Robert W. and Mackenzie, Jacob I. (2017) Dynamic control of refractive index during pulsed laser deposited waveguide growth. Optical Materials Express. (doi:10.1364/OME.7.004073).

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Engineering the optical properties of waveguides is important for the optimization of their guided optical mode characteristics. Here, we document the dynamic control of the refractive index and composition of crystalline films, via the substrate temperature, during pulsed-laser-deposition growth of Er(1%)-doped yttrium gallium garnet on <100>-orientated single-crystal yttrium aluminium garnet. An increasing substrate temperature is observed to reduce the gallium content in the grown film, with a corresponding reduction of refractive index. We demonstrate the ability to accurately control the refractive index via this technique and use it to grow a complex multi-core crystal waveguide. Our results highlight the potential of using pulsed laser deposition to fabricate crystal films with bespoke optical properties and thus engineer passive and active waveguide devices in situ.

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Accepted/In Press date: 19 September 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 23 October 2017
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering

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Local EPrints ID: 411170
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/411170
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ORCID for James Grant-Jacob: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4270-4247
ORCID for David P. Shepherd: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-8184
ORCID for Robert W. Eason: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9704-2204
ORCID for Jacob I. Mackenzie: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3355-6051

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Date deposited: 15 Jun 2017 16:31
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 05:26

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Author: James Grant-Jacob ORCID iD
Author: Stephen J. Beecher
Author: Haris Riris
Author: Anthony Yu
Author: David P. Shepherd ORCID iD
Author: Robert W. Eason ORCID iD
Author: Jacob I. Mackenzie ORCID iD

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