Superficial waveguide splitters fabricated by femtosecond laser writing of LiTaO 3 crystal

We report on Y-branch superficial depressed-cladding waveguides fabricated by femtosecond laser writing of MgO∶LiTaO3 crystal. The cladding waveguides with a rectangular cross-section are single mode for both transverse electric and transverse magnetic polarization, and show good transmission proper...

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Autores: Cheng, Chen, Romero Vázquez, Carolina, Vázquez de Aldana, Javier R., Chen, Feng
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/147096
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/147096
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:beam splitters
optical waveguides
femtosecond laser writing
LiTaO3 crystal
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Sumario:We report on Y-branch superficial depressed-cladding waveguides fabricated by femtosecond laser writing of MgO∶LiTaO3 crystal. The cladding waveguides with a rectangular cross-section are single mode for both transverse electric and transverse magnetic polarization, and show good transmission properties at a telecommunication wavelength of 1.55 μm. Divergence angles as large as 2.6 deg are successfully achieved in the splitters with nearly equalized splitting ratios (1:1). The fabricated shallow structures are excellent photonic elements for optoelectronic applications.