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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 18, Iss. 26 — Dec. 20, 2010
  • pp: 26937–26945

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Mirrorless buried waveguide laser in monoclinic double tungstates fabricated by a novel combination of ion milling and liquid phase epitaxy

Western Bolaños, Joan J. Carvajal, Xavier Mateos, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Ananth Z. Subramanian, James S. Wilkinson, Eugenio Cantelar, Daniel Jaque, Ginés Lifante, Magdalena Aguiló, and Francisco Díaz  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 26, pp. 26937-26945 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.026937


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Abstract

Buried channel waveguides were fabricated by liquid phase epitaxial growth of a lattice-matched KY0.58Gd0.22Lu0.17Tm0.03(WO4)2 film on a microstructured KY(WO4)2 substrate. Channels were transferred to the substrates by standard photolithography and Ar-ion milling. The bottom and sidewalls of the milled channels were smooth enough (rms roughness = 70 nm and 20 nm, respectively) to favour the epitaxial growth of the active layer without defects at the boundary of substrate/epitaxial layer. The refractive index contrast was sufficient to enable light confinement and guided modes with low scattering losses were observed at wavelengths between 1440 nm and 1640 nm. CW laser operation at 1840 nm at room temperature was observed with feedback provided only by Fresnel reflection at the end faces, with slope efficiencies of 4% and 9% for TE and TM polarizations, respectively.

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OCIS Codes
(130.3130) Integrated optics : Integrated optics materials
(140.3070) Lasers and laser optics : Infrared and far-infrared lasers
(140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
(230.7400) Optical devices : Waveguides, slab
(310.6845) Thin films : Thin film devices and applications

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Integrated Optics

History
Original Manuscript: September 20, 2010
Revised Manuscript: November 10, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: November 12, 2010
Published: December 7, 2010

Citation
Western Bolaños, Joan J. Carvajal, Xavier Mateos, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Ananth Z. Subramanian, James S. Wilkinson, Eugenio Cantelar, Daniel Jaque, Ginés Lifante, Magdalena Aguiló, and Francisco Díaz, "Mirrorless buried waveguide laser in monoclinic double tungstates fabricated by a novel combination of ion milling and liquid phase epitaxy," Opt. Express 18, 26937-26945 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-26-26937


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