Fabrication of ultra-low bend loss optical waveguides

A. Arriola; S. Gross; N. Jovanovic; N. Charles; P. G. Tuthill; S. M. Olaizola; A. Fuerbach; M. J. Withford

doi:10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801562

Fabrication of ultra-low bend loss optical waveguides

A. Arriola, S. Gross, N. Jovanovic, N. Charles, P. G. Tuthill, S. M. Olaizola, A. Fuerbach, M. J. Withford

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We present a novel way to fabricate low bend loss femtosecond-laser written optical waveguides [1] via a two-step process: We first fabricate large-diameter waveguides which are multimode at 1550 nm and exhibit a relatively complex refractive index distribution. In a second step, thermal post-processing [2] results in the selective removal of part of the previously induced refractive index change, leaving behind a very high index contrast waveguide that enables single mode operation in the C-band. We demonstrate that this procedure enables the fabrication of waveguides with unprecedented small bends (down to 16.6 mm radius) [3] with high (80%) normalized throughputs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics Europe & International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC 2013)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	1-1
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479905942
ISBN (Print)	9781479905928
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801562
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and International Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-IQEC 2013 - Munich, Germany Duration: 12 May 2013 → 16 May 2013

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Other	2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and International Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-IQEC 2013
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	12/05/13 → 16/05/13

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Arriola, A., Gross, S., Jovanovic, N., Charles, N., Tuthill, P. G., Olaizola, S. M., Fuerbach, A., & Withford, M. J. (2013). Fabrication of ultra-low bend loss optical waveguides. In 2013 Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics Europe & International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC 2013) (pp. 1-1). Article 6801562 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801562

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Arriola, A, Gross, S, Jovanovic, N, Charles, N, Tuthill, PG, Olaizola, SM, Fuerbach, A & Withford, MJ 2013, Fabrication of ultra-low bend loss optical waveguides. in 2013 Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics Europe & International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC 2013)., 6801562, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1-1, 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and International Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-IQEC 2013, Munich, Germany, 12/05/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801562

Fabrication of ultra-low bend loss optical waveguides. / Arriola, A.; Gross, S.; Jovanovic, N. et al.
2013 Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics Europe & International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC 2013). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013. p. 1-1 6801562.

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