Ag^＋-Li^＋离子交换制作Er^3＋／Yb^3＋共掺磷酸盐玻璃平面光波导.pdfVIP

第37卷第4期 光 子 学 报 Vo1．37 No．4 2008年4月 ACTA PHOT()NICA SINICA April 2008 Er。+／Yb。+Codoped Phosphate Glass Planar Waveguides by Ag十一Li十Ion Exchange ZHAO Shi—long ，XU Shi—qing ，WANG Bao—ling ，HU Li—li (1 College ofMaterials S(ience and Engineering，China-，iliang University，Hangzhou 3i0018，China) (2 Shanghai Institute of Opts and Fine Mechanics，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Shanghai 2i0018，China) Abstract：A chemically stable Er ／Yb。 codoped phosphate glass is prepared and used in fabrication of planar waveguides for optical amplifiers and lasers．The weight loss rate of this phophate glass is 4．7 X 10 。。g·cm ·hr ，which is smaller than that of Kiger s commercial phosphate glass QX／Er．Planar optical waveguides are formed by Ag 一I i ion exchange and the effective refractive indices are determined by m—lines at 632．8nm．Diffusion parameters such as ion exchange depth。 surface refractive indices。 variation of refractive index and diffusion coefficient are calculated based on refractive index profiles obtained by Inverse WKB method． Key words：Ag 一I i ion exchange；Planar waveguide；Phosphate glass CLCN：TN252 Document Code：A Article ID：1004—4213(2008)04一O818—4 most promising fabrication techniques ] 0 Introduction ． Compared to Ag 一Na ion exchange process，there Optical communication system operating at were few reports about Ag。。一Li ion exchange around 1．55“m wavelength region requires efficient process used for wave