Investigation of neodymium-diffused yttrium vanadate waveguides by confocal microluminescence

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Benayas, A ^a   Jaque, D ^a   Hettrick, S J ^b   Wilkinson, J S ^b   Shepherd, D P ^b  

^a Hospital de Cantoblanco   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; QUENCHING; THERMAL DIFFUSION; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

CONFOCAL MICROLUMINESCENCE; NEODYMIUM IONS; PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE FORMATION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 44649146482     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2924321     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. A. A. Kaminskii, Laser Crystals; Their Physics and Properties (Springer, Berlin, 1990).
2. G. V. Vazquez, M. E. Sanchez-Morales, H. Marquez, J. Rickards, and R. Trejo Luna, Opt. Commun. 0030-4018 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.06.055 240, 351 (2004).
3. F. Chen, X. L. Wang, K. M. Wang, Q. M. Lu, and D. Y. Shen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 0003-6951 10.1063/1.1477939 80, 3473 (2002).
4. S. J. Hettrick, J. S. Wilkinson, and D. P. Shepherd, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 19, 33 (2002). 0740-3224
5. Y. Sato and T. Taira, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 1 0021-4922 10.1143/JJAP.41.5999 41, 5999 (2002).
6. F. J. Manjon, S. Jandl, G. Riou, B. Ferrand, and K. Syassen, Phys. Rev. B 0163-1829 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.165121 69, 165121 (2004).
7. J. L. Blows, T. Omatsu, J. Dawes, H. Pask, and M. Tateda, IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 1041-1135 10.1109/68.730483 10, 1727 (1998).
8. V. Lupei, A. Lupei, S. Georgescu, T. Taira, Y. Sato, and A. Ikesue, Phys. Rev. B 0163-1829 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.092102 64, 092102 (2001).
9. E. G. Moya, F. Moya, A. Sami, D. Juve, D. Treheux, and C. Grattepain, Philos. Mag. Lett. 72, 861 (1995). 0141-8610
10. E. Martín Rodríguez, D. Jaque, E. Cantelar, F. Cussó, and G. Lifante A. C. Busacca, A. C. Cino, and S. Riva, Opt. Express 1094-4087 10.1364/OE.15.008805 15, 8805 (2007).
11. D. Jaque, E. Cantelar, and G. Lifante, Appl. Phys. B: Lasers Opt. 0946-2171 10.1007/s00340-007-2692-9 88, 201 (2007).
12. J. Kucytowski, K. Wokulska, A. K. Balata, J. Bodzenta, T. Lukasiewicz, B. Hofman, and M. Pyka, Thin Solid Films (unpulished).
13. C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th ed. (Wiley, New York, 2005).
14. D. Pelenc, Ph.D. thesis, University of Paris, 1999.
15. R. C. Powell, S. A. Payne, L. L. Chase, and G. D. Wilke, Phys. Rev. B 0163-1829 10.1103/PhysRevB.41.8593 41, 8593 (1990).