Nano- and Micro-scale Integration of Glass-on-Semiconductor for Photonic Components Engineering
Lead Research Organisation:
University of St Andrews
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The proposed Basic Technology project aims to achieve a quantum leap in integration techniques for photonic devices by developing and using a range of micro- and nano-scale engineering tools for chemically dissimilar photonic materials; e.g. the glass-based materials with inorganic semiconductors. We anticipate that new tools will have a major impact on existing and emerging photonic components space used from ultra-violet to mid-IR. Potential applications, which we aim to demonstrate, are in signal processing for telecommunications, mid-IR sources and chemical and biological sensor technology, bio-photonics and imaging, space exploration and environment monitoring, data storage, security and military. The Basic Technology consortium comprises of 4 thematic areas / Materials Engineering and passive waveguide devices, Optoelectronic pump sources, Active Devices, and Applications. Complementary research for these 4 areas brings together a multi-disciplinary team encompassing Materials, Optics and Laser Physics, Optoelectronic and Photonic Devices, and the Medical Science and Chemicals Technology. Internationally well-known academic expertise from Leeds (IMR, IMP), Sheffield (EE), Cambridge (Photonic Systems), Heriot-Watt (Nonlinear Optics) and St.Andrews (Physics and Bute Medical School) Universities will demonstrate the key objectives, derived from the photonic integration of glass and inorganic semiconductor materials. The Basic Technology Programme is led by the University of Leeds and is supported by partners from industry, namely BP Chemicals, Renishaw, GlaxoSmithKline, QinetiQ, and NASA Langley (VA, USA).
Publications
Bain F
(2011)
Microspectroscopy of ultrafast laser inscribed channel waveguides in Yb:tungstate crystals
in Applied Physics Letters
Bain FM
(2009)
Ultrafast laser inscribed Yb:KGd(WO4)2 and Yb:KY(WO4)2 channel waveguide lasers.
in Optics express
Fusari F
(2008)
Spectroscopic and lasing performance of Tm3+-doped bulk TZN and TZNG tellurite glasses operating around 1.9 microm.
in Optics express
Fusari F
(2011)
Lasing action at around 1.9 µm from an ultrafast laser inscribed Tm-doped glass waveguide.
in Optics letters
Fusari F
(2010)
Femtosecond mode-locked Tm(3+) and Tm(3+)-Ho(3+) doped 2 µm glass lasers.
in Optics express
Han X
(2010)
Continuous-wave laser operation of Tm and Hoco-doped NaY(WO(4))(2) and NaLu(WO(4))(2) crystals.
in Optics express
Lagatsky AA
(2010)
Femtosecond pulse operation of a Tm,Ho-codoped crystalline laser near 2 microm.
in Optics letters
Lagatsky AA
(2010)
Femtosecond (191 fs) NaY(WO4)2 Tm,Ho-codoped laser at 2060 nm.
in Optics letters
Singh G
(2010)
Surgical Raman Forceps for Disease Diagnosis
Tan K
(2010)
Near-infrared Raman spectroscopy using hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers
in Optics Communications