Optical spectroscopy of neodymium-doped tantalum pentoxide slab waveguides


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Unal B., Netti M., Perney N., Hassan M., Shepherd D., Baumberg J., ...Daha Fazla

5th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003, Taipei, Tayvan, 15 - 19 Aralık 2003, cilt.1, ss.271, (Tam Metin Bildiri) identifier

Özet

Neodymium doped tantalum pentoxide waveguides were fabricated by RF sputtering from a Nd doped Ta2O3 target. Waveguide losses, absorption spectra, fluorescence spectra and excited-state lifetime were measured, and show promise for realisation of waveguide lasers.