TY - JOUR
T1 - Double tungstate lasers: From bulk toward on-chip integrated waveguide devices
AU - Pollnau, Markus
AU - Romanyuk, Yaroslav E.
AU - Gardillou, Florent
AU - Borca, Camelia N.
AU - Griebner, Uwe
AU - Rivier, Simon
AU - Petrov, Valentin
A2 - Delfyett, P.J.
N1 - 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.896094
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - It has been recognized that the monoclinic double tungstates $KY{(WO_4)}_2$, $KGd{(WO_4)}_2$, and $KLu{(WO_4)}_2$ possess a high potential as rare-earth-ion-doped solid-state laser materials, partly due to the high absorption and emission cross sections of rare-earth ions when doped into these materials. Besides, their high refractive indexes make these materials potentially suitable for applications that require optical gain and high power in integrated optics, with rather high integration density. We review the recent advances in the field of bulk lasers in these materials and present our work toward the demonstration of waveguide lasers and their integration with other optical structures on a chip.
AB - It has been recognized that the monoclinic double tungstates $KY{(WO_4)}_2$, $KGd{(WO_4)}_2$, and $KLu{(WO_4)}_2$ possess a high potential as rare-earth-ion-doped solid-state laser materials, partly due to the high absorption and emission cross sections of rare-earth ions when doped into these materials. Besides, their high refractive indexes make these materials potentially suitable for applications that require optical gain and high power in integrated optics, with rather high integration density. We review the recent advances in the field of bulk lasers in these materials and present our work toward the demonstration of waveguide lasers and their integration with other optical structures on a chip.
KW - IOMS-APD: Active Photonic Devices
KW - IR-64367
KW - METIS-241935
KW - EWI-11117
U2 - 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.896094
DO - 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.896094
M3 - Article
SN - 1077-260X
VL - 13
SP - 661
EP - 671
JO - IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics
JF - IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics
IS - LNCS4549/3
M1 - 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.896094
ER -