Optical properties of ErFOD-doped polymers and fabrication of channel waveguides

✍ Scribed by Shuhui Bo; Jin Hu; Xinhou Liu; Zhen Zhen

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 268 KB
• Volume: 282
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0030-4018
• DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2009.03.011

✦ Synopsis

ErFOD-doped P(MMA-co-GMA) (poly-methyl-methacrylate-co-glycidyl-methacrylate) polymer film was synthesized. The NIR photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of the material showed strong characteristic emission of Er 3+ ions with broad full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 55 nm. The rib channel waveguide using ErFOD-doped P(MMA-co-GMA) was designed and fabricated. The loss and gain measurements of the waveguides were also characterized. Further theoretical analysis on Er 3+ ions in P(MMAco-GMA) was performed using Judd-Ofelt theory. The results showed that it is a promising material for the elaboration of laser or optical amplifier.