@inproceedings{58f8158f52924723a22b1acab7e310d6,
title = "Er-doped sol-gel glasses for integrated optics",
abstract = "Erbium-doped glasses are of great interest for optical fiber telecommunications at 1.5 μm. The sol-gel process offers many advantages for synthesizing materials for integrated optical devices. Some of these advantages include high-purity, low- temperature synthesis, and excellent control and flexibility over composition and design. In this paper, we report the first Er- doped sol-gel waveguides. We examined several approaches for alleviating the OH- quenching problem associated with conventional sol-gel processes. We prepared the first ion exchangeable Er-doped glasses which can be fabricated into integrated optical devices. The concept of molecular docking of Er as a coordinate complex in gel matrices to improve the luminescence properties has been applied. We also exploited the concept of using the evanescence field to couple energy into an Er-doped sol-gel layer on top of a glass optical device. New progresses in modifying the properties of gel matrices for integrated optical device applications are presented.",
author = "Li, \{C. Y.\} and J. Ingenhoff and Najafi, \{S. Iraj\} and J. Chisham and M. MacLachlan and Andrews, \{Mark P.\} and Kao, \{Yu Hua\} and Mackenzie, \{John D.\} and Tomoko Ohtsuki and Nasser Peyghambarian",
year = "1995",
doi = "10.1117/12.206891",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0819417440",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers",
pages = "430--444",
booktitle = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
note = "Optoelectronic Integrated Circuit Materials, Physics, and Devices ; Conference date: 06-02-1995 Through 09-02-1995",
}