Disperse Red 1-doped solgel planar waveguides for nonlinear optical devices operating at telecommunications wavelengths

    Authors

    A. C. Le Duff; M. Canva; Y. Levy; A. Brun; V. Ricci; T. Pliska; J. Meier; G. I. Stegeman; F. Chaput; J. P. Boilot;E. Toussaere

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. B-Opt. Phys.

    Keywords

    2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION; WAVE-GUIDES; ABSORPTION; POLYMERS; Optics

    Abstract

    We report on linear and nonlinear optical properties of Disperse Red 1-doped solgel waveguides. The refractive-index and optical-propagation losses of the guiding layer were measured between 0.756 mum and 1.64 Am. The spectral broadening of the chromophore charge-transfer transition in the visible is modeled with a Voigt-profile function. In the telecommunications window the attenuation is dominated by the overtones of the O-H bonds vibration bands. The nonlinear optical coefficients were measured at different poling strengths with the Maker-fringe method. The nonlinear coefficient d(33) was found to be 4.5 pm V-1 at 1.58 mum for a poling field of 60 V mum(-1). (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics

    Volume

    18

    Issue/Number

    12

    Publication Date

    1-1-2001

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1827

    Last Page

    1831

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000172669400008

    ISSN

    0740-3224

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