Exploring waveguiding properties of heavily doped Yb3+: KLu(WO4)2 epitaxial layers

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 482-489

  Bolaños, Western ^a   Carvajal, Joan J ^a   Mateos, Xavier ^a   Aguiló, Magdalena ^a   Díaz, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

dielectric films; Epitaxial growth; optical planar waveguides

Indexed keywords

AT-WAVELENGTH; GUIDED MODES; HEAVILY DOPED; HIGH QUALITY; M-LINES SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; SCATTERING PROCESS; THIN-DISK LASERS; TRANSVERSE ELECTRICS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC MODES; UPPER LIMITS; WAVEGUIDE DEVICE; WAVEGUIDING PROPERTIES;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC FILMS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; LASER APPLICATIONS; LATTICE MISMATCH; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES; YTTERBIUM;

EPITAXIAL FILMS;

EID: 78650539015     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2010.2050580     Document Type: Article

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