Single-mode direct-ultraviolet-written channel waveguide laser in neodymium-doped silica on silicon

A waveguide laser with a neodymium-doped silica core is fabricated on a silicon substrate by a combination of flame hydrolysis deposition, solution doping, and direct UV writing. The neodymium-ion concentration is estimated to be ~8000 parts in 10<sup>6</sup>. The propagation loss around...

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Main Authors: Guilhot, D.A (Author), Emmerson, G.D (Author), Gawith, C.B.E (Author), Watts, S.P (Author), Shepherd, D.P (Author), Williams, R.B (Author), Smith, P.G.R (Author)
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Published: 2004-05.
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700 1 0 |a Williams, R.B.  |e author 
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520 |a A waveguide laser with a neodymium-doped silica core is fabricated on a silicon substrate by a combination of flame hydrolysis deposition, solution doping, and direct UV writing. The neodymium-ion concentration is estimated to be ~8000 parts in 10<sup>6</sup>. The propagation loss around 1.05 µm is < 0.8dB/cm. Lasing in the range 1048-1056 nm and 1356 ± 1 nm is observed. A slope efficiency of 33% for a high-reflectivity output coupler and a threshold of 4 mW of absorbed power for a 25% output coupler are measured for the <sup>4</sup>F<sub>3/2</sub> <--> <sup>4</sup>I<sub>11/2</sub> transition. 
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