Potential for fabrication of sol-gel-derived integrated optical amplifiers

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Orignac ◽  
Denis Barbier
Keyword(s):  
Optical Amplifiers ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Integrated Optical

Synthesis of Photosensitive Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Polymers via Anhydrous Sol-Gel Process for Integrated Optics

2003 ◽  
Vol 780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinshi Luo ◽  
Congji Zha ◽  
Barry Luther-Davies
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Optical Loss ◽  
Hybrid Polymer ◽  
Optical Losses ◽  
Hybrid Polymers ◽  
Inorganic Hybrid ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Integrated Optical ◽  
Sol Gel Process

AbstractPhotosensitive organic-inorganic hybrid polymers were synthesised for integrated optical and optoelectronic devices by a non-hydrous sol-gel process of hydrolysis/condensation of 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPS), diphenyldimethoxysilane (DPhDMS), and zirconium isopropoxide (TPZ) with boric acid under anhydrous conditions. The methacryl groups of MPS are UVpolymerizable, which are suitable for low cost fabrication of waveguides with a “UV write/develop” process. The incorporation of DPhDMS and TPZ was found useful in reducing the optical loss and in enhancing the thermostability of the polymer. The refractive index of the hybrid polymer is tuneable from 1.4950 to 1.5360 by variation of the ratio among MPS, DPhDMS and TPZ. Optical characterisation showed that the material has low optical losses at the telecommunications windows (0.16 dB/cm at 1310 nm and 0.4 dB/cm at 1550nm). The hybrid polymer also showed a low birefringence (1.2×10-4), a large thermo-optic (TO) coefficient (-2.77 ×10-4), and an outstanding linearity of dn/dT in a wide range of temperature (from 25 °C to 200 °C). Waveguides forming ability for the hybrid polymer with UV imprinting was also demonstrated.

Integrated Optical Amplifiers on Silicon Waveguides

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Bowers ◽  
Hyundai Park ◽  
Ying-hao Kuo ◽  
Alexander W. Fang ◽  
Richard Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Amplifiers ◽  
Silicon Waveguides ◽  
Integrated Optical

scholarly journals Design of 1480-nm diode-pumped Er3+-doped integrated optical amplifiers

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. S285-S299 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Horst ◽  
T. H. Hoekstra ◽  
P. V. Lambeck ◽  
Th. J. A. Popma
Keyword(s):  
Optical Amplifiers ◽  
Integrated Optical ◽  
Diode Pumped

Strip-loaded sol-gel waveguides for optical amplifiers

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele A. Forastiere ◽  
Massimo Guglielmi ◽  
Alessandro Martucci ◽  
Munir M. Ahmad ◽  
O. McCarthy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Amplifiers ◽  
Sol Gel
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