Hybrid glass substrates for waveguide device manufacture

Published

April 15, 2001

Author(s)

Samuel D. Conzone, Joseph S. Hayden, David S. Funk, Alexana Roshko, D. L. Veasey

Abstract

Hybrid glass substrates composed of active (ER/Yb co-doped) and passive phosphate glass were prepared by a novel, low temperature joining process. The resulting hybrid substrates are chemically and physically robust; they can be cut, ground and polished by conventional, water-based techniques. The entire substrate can be immersed in a molten salt bath to simultaneously produce waveguides in the active and passive regions. A low reflectance of -35 + 2dB was measured at the joint interface with 1531.2 nm light by optical low coherence reflectometry. Further, a hybrid laser waveguide device exhibited a slope efficiency of 33% at 1540 nm, when pumped at 975 nm.

Citation

Optics Letters

Volume

26

Issue

8

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

Er/Yb doped phosphate glass, hybrid glass substrates, hybrid laser, low temperature joining, waveguide device, waveguide laser

Citation

Conzone, S. , Hayden, J. , Funk, D. , Roshko, A. and Veasey, D. (2001), Hybrid glass substrates for waveguide device manufacture, Optics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=14496 (Accessed October 3, 2025)