Optical Ridge Waveguides in Magneto-Optical Glasses Fabricated by Combination of Silicon Ion Implantation and Femtosecond Laser Ablation

Autor: Qi-Feng Zhu, Yue Wang, Xiao-Liang Shen, Hai-Tao Guo, Chun-Xiao Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol 10, Iss 5, Pp 1-7 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1943-0655
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2018.2867491
Popis: Tb3+-doped aluminum borosilicate glass is a promising magneto-optical material that can be used to fabricate Faraday rotating devices. In this paper, we report the fabrication of an optical ridge waveguide structure in the Tb3+-doped aluminum borosilicate glass by using a combination of femtosecond laser ablation and ion implantation. The end-face microscopic photographs of the waveguide were acquired by the optical microscope. The effective refractive indices of the modes and near-field intensity distributions were measured by the prism-coupling and end-face coupling techniques. The distributions of energy loss, refractive index, and light intensity were simulated by the stopping and range of ions in matter 2013, reflectivity calculation method, and finite-difference beam propagation method. The results provide a new idea for the fabrication of waveguide-type magneto-optical isolators.
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