Broadband waveguiding through light-emitting strips directly written in a blank lithium fluoride crystal with a femtosecond laser is reported. Light guiding was observed at several optical wavelengths, from blue, 458 nm, to near-infrared, at 1550 nm. Visible photoluminescence spectra of the optically active F2 and F3+ color centers produced by the fs laser writing process were measured. The wavelength-dependent refractive index increase was estimated to be in the order of 10-3-10 -4 in the visible and near-infrared spectral intervals, which is consistent with the stable formation of point defects in LiF. © 2014 Chinese Physical Society and IOP Publishing Ltd.
Broadband optical active waveguides written by femtosecond laser pulses in lithium fluoride
Montereali, R.M.;Bonfigli, F.
2014-01-01
Abstract
Broadband waveguiding through light-emitting strips directly written in a blank lithium fluoride crystal with a femtosecond laser is reported. Light guiding was observed at several optical wavelengths, from blue, 458 nm, to near-infrared, at 1550 nm. Visible photoluminescence spectra of the optically active F2 and F3+ color centers produced by the fs laser writing process were measured. The wavelength-dependent refractive index increase was estimated to be in the order of 10-3-10 -4 in the visible and near-infrared spectral intervals, which is consistent with the stable formation of point defects in LiF. © 2014 Chinese Physical Society and IOP Publishing Ltd.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
