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Gallium-diffused ridge waveguides in sapphire
V.Apostolopoulos, D.A.Sager and J.S.Wilkinson
Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, UK
L.M.B.Hickey
Southampton Photonics Inc., Phi House, Chilworth Science Park, Enterprise Road,
Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Abstract
The fabrication and characterization of gallium-diffused ridge waveguides in sapphire is reported. Mode intensity profiles and effective indices are obtained and the waveguides show promise for incorporation in low-threshold Ti:sapphire waveguide lasers.
CLEO 2002 Long Beach, California 19-24 May (2002)
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