Single transverse-mode laser operation of Ti:sapphire rib waveguides
Single transverse-mode laser operation of Ti:sapphire rib waveguides
Ti:sapphire is an attractive laser medium for the development of miniature lasers with widely tunable output (650-1100 nm). However, due to its low peak emission cross section and short fluorescence lifetime, high pump power densities are required to achieve efficient CW lasing. A route to address this problem is to adopt channel waveguide geometries, which are characterized by lower laser thresholds than their planar waveguide counterparts due to the additional lateral confinement and excellent overlap between the laser and pump modes provided that their fabrication process does not introduce any additional loss. Having already demonstrated laser action from pulsed-laser-deposited (PLD) Ti:sapphire planar waveguides, we report here on the single mode laser operation of Ti:sapphire rib waveguides. They were fabricated in PLD-grown films, using photolithography and ion beam etching and were then coated by a 5µm thick sapphire capping layer to reduce scattering losses.
Grivas, Christos
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Shepherd, David
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May-Smith, Timothy
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Eason, R.W.
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Grivas, Christos
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Shepherd, David
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May-Smith, Timothy
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Eason, R.W.
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Pollnau, M.
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Grivas, Christos, Shepherd, David, May-Smith, Timothy, Eason, R.W. and Pollnau, M.
(2004)
Single transverse-mode laser operation of Ti:sapphire rib waveguides.
EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference - Special Symposium on "Photonic Crystal Fibers and Waveguides", Lausanne, Switzerland.
29 Aug - 03 Sep 2004.
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Ti:sapphire is an attractive laser medium for the development of miniature lasers with widely tunable output (650-1100 nm). However, due to its low peak emission cross section and short fluorescence lifetime, high pump power densities are required to achieve efficient CW lasing. A route to address this problem is to adopt channel waveguide geometries, which are characterized by lower laser thresholds than their planar waveguide counterparts due to the additional lateral confinement and excellent overlap between the laser and pump modes provided that their fabrication process does not introduce any additional loss. Having already demonstrated laser action from pulsed-laser-deposited (PLD) Ti:sapphire planar waveguides, we report here on the single mode laser operation of Ti:sapphire rib waveguides. They were fabricated in PLD-grown films, using photolithography and ion beam etching and were then coated by a 5µm thick sapphire capping layer to reduce scattering losses.
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EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference - Special Symposium on "Photonic Crystal Fibers and Waveguides", Lausanne, Switzerland, 2004-08-29 - 2004-09-03
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