Polarization-dependent characteristics of a racetrack waveguide resonator fabricated by ion exchange in K9 glass

A racetrack waveguide resonator filter was fabricated by ion exchange technology in K9 optical glass. The filter responses of the waveguide resonator were measured with two polarized input lightwaves. The polarization-dependent characteristics of the waveguide resonator were analyzed, and the results of effective indices of nTE = 1.5721 and nTM = 1.5548, coupling ratios of rTE = 0.731 and rTM = 0.761, and losses ofαTE = 4.35 dB/cm andαTM = 6.05 dB/cm were obtained for transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) modes, respectively. The causes of large loss and effective index differences between TE and TM modes were discussed.     

K9玻璃薄膜对离子交换磷酸盐玻璃波导表面保护的优化研究

采用镀K9玻璃薄膜方法来解决离子交换掺铒磷酸盐玻璃波导表面的侵蚀问题,对K9玻璃薄膜的厚度进行了优化研究。测量分析了样品的荧光光谱和荧光寿命,采用光学显微镜和棱镜耦合技术对不同K9玻璃薄膜厚度下制备波导的表面形貌和导光特性进行了表征和测试。结果表明,与掺铒磷酸盐玻璃原材料相比,镀K9玻璃薄膜后荧光光谱保持不变,荧光寿命稍有下降(约0.2 ms);K9玻璃薄膜的厚度在60~80 nm的范围内保护效果最佳。为下一步制备掺铒有源玻璃光波导器件奠定了良好的实验基础。     

掺铒磷酸盐玻璃离子交换波导表面保护的研究

对离子交换波导制备过程中掺铒磷酸盐玻璃表面的侵蚀问题进行了研究,分析了产生侵蚀的原因,提出镀K9玻璃薄膜的方法,对掺铒磷酸盐玻璃表面进行保护.采用光学显微镜和原子力显微镜对波导表面特性进行了表征,同时对平板波导的光学特性进行了测试.研究表明K9玻璃薄膜不仅能够对掺铒磷酸盐玻璃起到保护作用,同时允许交换离子透过进入磷酸盐玻璃形成波导层.