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., ...More

5th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003, Taipei, Taiwan, 15 - 19 December 2003, vol.1, pp.271, (Full Text) identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 1
  • Doi Number: 10.1109/cleopr.2003.1274728
  • City: Taipei
  • Country: Taiwan
  • Page Numbers: pp.271
  • Istanbul Gelisim University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.