Sol-Gel Erbium-Doped Silica-Hafnia Planar and Channel Waveguides

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4990, Issue , 2003, Pages 111-120

  Gonçalves, Rogéria R ^a   Carturan, Giovanni ^a   Zampedri, Luca ^b   Ferrari, Maurizio ^b   Armellini, Cristina ^b   Chiasera, Alessandro ^a   Mattarelli, M ^a   Moser, Enrico ^a   Montagna, Maurizio ^a   Righini, Giancarlo C ^c   Pelli, Stefano ^c   Nunzi Conti, Gualtiero ^c   Ribeiro, Sidney J L ^d   Messaddeq, Younes ^d   Minotti, Antonio ^b   Foglietti, Vittorio ^b   Portales, Hervè ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b IFN CNR   (Italy)

^c IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channel waveguides; Erbium; Luminescence; Silica hafnia; Sol gel planar waveguides

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ERBIUM; ETCHING; LUMINESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON WAFERS; SOL-GELS; SUBSTRATES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0242693284     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.478340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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