WO2000045478A2 - Rare-earth doped phosphate-glass lasers - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to the field of optics and lasers, and more specifically to a method and apparatus for pumping optical waveguide lasers formed on a glass substrate.
- One common light source for optical-fiber communications systems is a laser formed using erbium-doped glass.
- One such system uses erbium-doped glass fibers to form a laser that emits at a wavelength of about 1.536 micrometer and is pumped by an infrared source operating at a wavelength of about 0.98 micrometer.
- One method usable for forming waveguides m a substrate is described m U.S. Patent 5,080,503 issued Jan. 14, 1992 to Najafi et al., which is hereby incorporated by reference.
- a phosphate glass useful m lasers is desc ⁇ bed in U.S.
- Patent 5,334,559 issued Aug. 2, 1994 to Joseph S. Hayden which is also hereby incorporated by reference.
- An integrated optic laser is desc ⁇ bed in U.S. Patent 5,491,708 issued Feb. 13, 1996 to Malone et al., which is also hereby incorporated by reference.
- the system should be highly reproducible, accurate, and stable.
- the present invention is embodied by a laser component that includes a glass substrate doped with one or more optically active lanthanide species and having a plurality of waveguides defined by channels withm the substrate.
- a "channel within the substrate” is meant to broadly include any channel formed on or in the substrate, whether or not covered by another structure or layer of substrate.
- Each substrate waveguide (or “channel") is defined within the substrate as a region of increased index of refraction relative to the substrate.
- the glass substrate is doped with one or more optically active lanthanide species which can be optically pumped (typically a rare-earth element such as Er, Yb, Nd, or Pr or a combination of such elements such as Er and Yb) to form a laser medium which is capable of lasmg at a plurality of frequencies.
- optically active lanthanide species typically a rare-earth element such as Er, Yb, Nd, or Pr or a combination of such elements such as Er and Yb
- Mirrors or distributed Bragg reflection gratings may be located along the length of a waveguide for providing feedback to create a laser-resonator cavity.
- One or more of the mirrors or reflection gratings is made partially reflective for providing laser output.
- the laser component may constitute a monolithic array of individual waveguides m which the waveguides of the array form laser resonator cavities with differing resonance characteristics (e.g., resonating at differing wavelengths)
- the component may thus be used as part of a laser system outputting laser light at a plurality of selected wavelengths.
- the resonance characteristics of a waveguide cavity are varied by adjusting the width of the channel formed in the substrate which thereby changes the effective refractive index of the waveguide.
- the effective refractive index can also be changed by modifying the diffusion conditions under which the waveguides are formed as described below.
- a diffraction Bragg reflector (DBR) grating formed into or close to the waveguide is used, m some embodiments, to tune the wavelength of light supported in the waveguide cavity. Changing the effective refractive index thus changes the effective wavelength of light in the waveguide cavity which determines the wavelengths of the longitudinal modes supported by the cavity.
- the resonance characte ⁇ stics of the waveguide cavities are individually selected by varying the pitch of the DBR reflection gratings used to define the cavities which, along with the effective refractive index for the propagated optical mode, determines the wavelengths of light reflected by the gratings.
- the location of the gratings on the waveguide is varied in order to select a laser-resonator cavity length that supports the desired wavelength of light.
- the laser element is constructed from a glass substrate which is a phosphate alkali glass doped with a rare-earth element such as Er or Yb/Er.
- the channels defining the waveguides are created by exposing a surface of the substrate to an ion-exchange solvent through a mask layer having a plurality of line apertures corresponding to the channels which are to be formed.
- the ion exchange may be carried out through an aluminum mask layer in an aluminum or borosi cate glass crucible using molten potassium nitrate as a solvent.
- etching of the substrate by the ion-exchange melt has been found to occur in some embodiments that use a tightly sealed aluminum crucible having a graphite gasket between opposing flanges that are tightly bolted together, and having two reservoirs, one for holding the salt melt away from the glass wafers dunng heating (and later cooling) and another reservior for holding the salt melt in contact with the glass wafers during ion-exchange processing.
- a borosihcate crucible is used and if the potassium nitrate is pre-baked at a temperature of at least 120 degrees C for 24-48 hours in an inert argon atmosphere.
- the crucible is placed inside a fully enclosed chamber dunng the ion-exchange process, with the chamber filled with an inert atmosphere. Carrying out the ion-exchange process in an enclosed chamber has been found to lessen surface etching due to oxidation reactions.
- the exchange of K for Na m the substrate produces a channel in the substrate of higher refractive index than the rest of the substrate, thus defining a waveguide.
- a sodium nitrate electrode is used to carry out electrical field-assisted diffusion of Na ions into the substrate after the K-diffused waveguides are formed. This has the effect of dnvmg the waveguides deeper into the substrate and giving them a more circular cross section.
- the Poped waveguides thus avoid the effects of corrosive processes that result m surface etching.
- a surface-relief grating forming a distnubbed Bragg reflection grating is fabncated on the surface of the waveguide by coating the surface with photoresist, defining the grating pattern in the photoresist holographically or through a phase mask, developing the photoresist pattern, and etching the grating pattern into the waveguide with a reactive ion system such as an argon ion mill.
- a more durable etch mask allowing more precise etching and higher bias voltages is obtained by depositing chromium on the developed photoresist pattern using an evaporation method which causes the chromium to deposit on the tops of the grating lines.
- Fig. 1-A1 shows an isometric view of a distnubbed Bragg reflector waveguide laser array realized using a single pitch grating and diffused waveguides with varying effective index.
- Fig 1-A2 shows the single frequency output power at 1536.3 nm as a function of launched 977 nm pump power for a laser descnbed in Example A.
- Fig. 1-A3 is a Fabry Perot (FP) interferometer scan of the output of a laser descnbed in
- Example A showing single frequency operation.
- Fig. 1-A4 shows the self heterodyne beat spectrum of a laser in Example A with a 75 MHz frequency shift.
- Fig. 1-A5 shows laser wavelength as a function of waveguide diffusion aperture width for
- Example A with data taken using an automatic spectrum analyzer with a resolution of 0.1 nm.
- Fig. 1-B1 shows the index depth profile at the center of a waveguide descnbed m Example B.
- Fig. 1-B2 shows the output power characte ⁇ stics of a laser descnbed in Example B for two different pump wavelengths.
- Fig. 1-B3 shows the output spectrum of a laser desc ⁇ bed in Example B.
- Fig. 1-B4 shows the output power of the laser descnbed in Example B as a function of time for two pump power levels.
- Fig. 1-Cl shows a plot of laser signal power vs. launched pump power for two different output couplers m Example C.
- Fig. 1-C2 is plot of slope efficiency vs. output coupler reflectance for each host glass in
- Fig. 2 shows an isometric view of an optical chip 200 having a laser 202 compnsmg waveguide 220, DBR mirror 230 and optional input mirror 240.
- Fig. 3 shows a top view of a laser 900 using direct (butt) coupling that includes optical chip 200.
- Fig. 4 shows a top view of a laser 1000 using lensed coupling that includes an optical chip 200.
- Fig. 5 shows a top view of a laser 1100 using a fiber coupling that includes an optical chip 200.
- the present invention provides a process for forming waveguides onto (or into) the surface of a glass substrate.
- photolithographic techniques define waveguides by changing the index of refraction of waveguide channels formed into the surface of the substrate.
- a glass wafer approximately 10 cm by 10 cm by 1 mm is cut from a slab of IOG-1 laser glass available from Schott Glass Technologies, Inc., of Duryea, PA, USA.
- the surfaces of interest including a "top" major surface (where "top” refers to an o ⁇ entation m the Figures of this discussion, and not necessa ⁇ ly to an orientation used in the process or operation of the devices) are polished to optical smoothness.
- the present invention is embodied by a laser component that includes a glass substrate doped with one or more optically active lanthanide species, or a laser species that is not a lanthanide, and having a plurality of waveguides defined by channels within the substrate.
- a "channel within the substrate” is meant to broadly include any channel formed on or in the substrate, whether or not covered by another structure or layer of substrate.
- optically active lanthanide species when an embodiment reciting optically active lanthanide species is described, other embodiments may use a laser species that is not a lanthanide.
- Each substrate waveguide (or "channel") is defined within the substrate as a region of increased index of refraction relative to the substrate.
- the glass substrate is doped with one or more optically active lanthanide species which can be optically pumped (typically a rare-earth element such as Er, Yb, Nd, or Pr or a combination of such elements such as Er and Yb) to form a laser medium which is capable of lasmg at a plurality of frequencies.
- optically active lanthanide species typically a rare-earth element such as Er, Yb, Nd, or Pr or a combination of such elements such as Er and Yb
- Mirrors or distributed Bragg reflection gratings may be located along the length of a waveguide for providing feedback to create a laser-resonator cavity.
- One or more of the mirrors or reflection gratings is made partially reflective for providing laser output.
- the laser component may constitute a monolithic array of individual waveguides in which the waveguides of the array form laser resonator cavities with diffenng resonance characte ⁇ stics (e.g., resonating at diffenng wavelengths).
- the component may thus be used as part of a laser system outputting laser light at a plurality of selected wavelengths.
- the resonance characteristics of a waveguide cavity are vaned by adjustmg the width of the channel formed in the substrate which thereby changes the effective refractive index of the waveguide.
- the effective refractive index can also be changed by modifying the diffusion conditions under which the waveguides are formed as descnbed below.
- Changing the effective refractive index thus changes the effective DBR spacmgs length of the waveguide cavity which in some embodiments determines the wavelengths of the longitudinal modes supported by the cavity.
- the resonance characteristics of the waveguide cavities are individually selected by varying the pitch of the reflection gratings used to define the cavities which, along with the effective refractive index of the waveguide under the DBR for the propagated optical mode, determines the wavelengths of light reflected by the gratings.
- the location of the reflectors on the waveguide is varied in order to select a laser-resonator cavity length that supports the desired wavelength of light.
- the laser element is constructed from a glass substrate which is a phosphate alkali glass doped with a rare-earth element such as Er or Yb/Er.
- a glass substrate which is a phosphate alkali glass doped with a rare-earth element such as Er or Yb/Er.
- a rare-earth element such as Er or Yb/Er.
- Schott glass type IOG1 or IOG10 available from Schott Glass Technology, Inc. of
- the channels defining the waveguides are created by exposing a surface of the substrate to an ion- exchange solvent through a mask layer having a plurality of line apertures corresponding to the channels which are to be formed.
- the ion exchange may be carried out through an aluminum mask layer in an aluminum or borosihcate glass crucible using molten potassium nitrate as a solvent.
- etching of the substrate by the ion-exchange melt has been found to occur in some embodiments if a borosihcate crucible is used and if the potassium nitrate is pre-baked at a temperature of at least 120 degrees C for 24-48 hours in an inert argon atmosphere.
- the crucible is placed mside a fully enclosed chamber dunng the ion-exchange process, with the chamber filled with an inert atmosphere. Carrying out the ion-exchange process in an enclosed chamber has been found to lessen surface etching due to oxidation reactions.
- the exchange of K for Na in the substrate produces a channel in the substrate of higher refractive index than the rest of the substrate, thus defining a waveguide.
- a sodium nitrate lon- exchange melt having a pair of electrodes is used to carry out electncal field-assisted diffusion of Na ions into the substrate after the K-diffused waveguides are formed.
- This has the effect of dnvmg the waveguides deeper into the substrate and giving them a circular cross section.
- the Poped waveguides thus avoid the effects of corrosive processes that result in surface etching.
- a surface-relief grating forming a distributed Bragg reflection grating is fabricated on the surface of the waveguide by coating the surface with photoresist, defining the grating pattern in the photoresist holographically or through a phase mask, developmg the photoresist pattern, and etching the grating pattern into the waveguide with a reactive ion system such as an argon ion mill.
- a reactive ion system such as an argon ion mill.
- an S ⁇ 0 2 layer approximately 1 to 2 nm (nanometers), is deposited on the glass before the photoresist coating to improve adhesion to the glass.
- a more durable etch mask allowing more precise etching and higher bias voltages is obtained by depositing chromium on the developed photoresist pattern using an evaporation method which causes the chromium to deposit on the tops of the grating lines.
- a col mated laser beam passed through a suitably defined hologram which then transforms colhmated laser beam into one or more interference patterns, such as one corresponding to the grating 230 of Figure 1A1.
- a suitably defined hologram simultaneously provides one or more other grating patterns as defined herem.
- the improved devices output laser power up to and exceeding 170 milliwatts, and provide slope efficiencies of up to and exceeding 26% in various embodiments, far exceeding the output power and slope efficiency of previous devices that lase m the 1.5 micrometer range when pumped in the 0.98 micrometer range. Further, the devices of the present invention provide reproducible and stable output wavelengths, and can be mass produced inexpensively, as compared to previous devices
- Example A An array of monolithic, single-frequency dist ⁇ ubbed-Bragg-reflector (DBR) waveguide lasers has been successfully demonstrated operating near 1536 nm wavelengths.
- lasers 202 were fabricated by forming waveguides 201 in Yb/Er co-doped phosphate glass by ion exchange. The slope efficiency for each laser 202 as a function of launched pump power is 26% and the thresholds occur at 50 mW of launched pump power. An output power of 80 mW was achieved with 350 mW of coupled pump power.
- Each laser 202 exhibits stable operation on a single longitudinal mode and all have lmewidths less than 500 kHz.
- a comb 211 of waveguides with varying effective indices allows the selection of wavelength using a single-period grating 230 (i.e., a multiple-groove grating having the same groove spacing for all waveguides).
- Integrated, single-frequency, solid-state lasers using the Er 3+ ion offer a very promising and competitive alternative to DFB lasers for use m future WDM communications systems and for optically-distributed CATN (cable television).
- DFB lasers for use m future WDM communications systems and for optically-distributed CATN (cable television).
- waveguide-laser and fiber- laser technology have been discussed m the literature.
- One p ⁇ mary advantage of solid-state waveguide lasers is that they offer the possibility for arrays of lasers operating on many wavelengths on a single glass chip
- Rare-earth-doped waveguide lasers can also provide kilohertz lmewidths with high radiance, low noise, and easy coupling to optical fibers.
- smgle-transverse-mode waveguides at 1535 nm wavelength were fabricated m a commercially available phosphate alkali glass that was co-doped with 0.99 x IO 20 Er 3+ ions/cm 3 and 3.97 x IO 20 Yb 3+ ions/cm 3 .
- Phosphate glass is a very good host mate ⁇ al for ytterbium and erbium ions since the sensitization efficiency is nearly unity and large doping concentrations are possible before the onset of concentration quenching.
- the guides were formed by ion exchange of K + for ⁇ a + using line apertures 3 to 8 ⁇ m wide etched in a 200 nm thick aluminum mask layer.
- the exchange time was 4 hours in an aluminum crucible containing molten KNO 3 at 375 °C. Inspection of the samples using refractive near-field scanning after the ion exchange revealed that the regions of the glass surface corresponding to the location of the mask openings had become recessed by approximately 1 ⁇ m dunng the exchange process. The mechanism behind the etching of the glass during the exchange is currently under investigation, and it is thought that it is caused by residual water in the hygroscopic nitrate melt. The surface quality of the glass m the recessed regions, as observed using a lOOOx Nomarski contrast microscope, appears identical to the original surface of the glass and apparently does not cause significant scatte ⁇ ng losses.
- the length of the waveguides prior to the grating fab ⁇ cation step was 2.2 cm.
- the waveguide end faces were polished perpendicular to the channels.
- Measurements of the waveguide mode-field dimensions showed that a single transverse mode was supported in each of the waveguides.
- the 1/e full-widths of the mode- field intensity were 16 ⁇ m wide by 11 ⁇ m deep at 1.54 ⁇ m wavelength. It supported multiple transverse modes at the 977 nm pump wavelength.
- the pump energy was confined pnma ⁇ ly withm the lowest-order transverse mode, which had 1/e dimensions of 13 ⁇ m wide by 9.5 ⁇ m deep. All measurements of the intensity profile are withm an estimated experimental error of ⁇ 10%.
- a DBR surface relief grating 230 was fabricated holographically m a 0.5 ⁇ m thick layer of Shipley 1805 photoresist using a 90° corner that split a colhmated laser beam into two beams.
- the corner was mounted on a rotation stage so that the angle of the two beams could be varied.
- One surface of the corner was a mirror, and the other surface was a vacuum chuck for holding the sample.
- Light from a 457.8 nm Ar-ion laser was spatially filtered by focusing through a 15 ⁇ m pinhole using a 20x objective lens.
- the beam was colhmated using a 76 mm diameter lens with a 350 mm focal length.
- the exposure time for the photoresist was 18 s with 3.85 mW incident in each arm on the 0.44 cm 2 exposed region (0.8 cm long x 0.55 cm wide).
- the grating was developed m undiluted Shipley CD-30 developer During the development, the diffraction of light from a 632.8 nm HeNe laser was monitored When the first-order diffracted power reached a peak, the grating was removed, rmsed, and dried.
- the DBR grating was formed by transfernng the photoresist pattern into the glass by Ar-ion sputtering, 40 nm of Cr was deposited on the surface with the specimen inclined 60° to the electron-beam evaporation source. Mounting the specimen m this way causes Cr to accumulate only on the tops of the grating lines and not m the grooves, thus providing a durable etch mask that will perform better in the Ar-ion sputtering step.
- the grating was etched m the glass for 20 minutes using a reactive ion etching system with a 6.67 Pa (50 mTorr) Ar-ion plasma.
- the low-pressure plasma created a large self-bias voltage of 1700 V when running at 365 W of coupled power with frequency 13.5 MHz.
- the electrode spacing was 3.2 cm.
- the sample 200 was cleaned ultrasonically in photoresist shipper at 85 °C.
- a 5 minute nnce in TCE is followed by a 5 minute nnce in acetone, and then followed by a 5 mmute nnce in TCE methyl alcohol.
- Figure 1-A1 is an illustration of the completed DBR laser array.
- the mirror 240 was held in place by a spring clip, and index-matching fluid was used between the mirror 240 and the waveguide facet.
- the DBR grating 230 was used as the laser output coupler.
- the laser 202 was tested by coupling light from a T ⁇ :Al 2 0 3 laser tuned to a wavelength of 977 nm using a 4x objective lens with a numencal aperture of 0.1 The launching efficiency was estimated to be between 65 and 71 percent.
- Figure 1-A2 shows the laser output power as a function of launched pump power and the spectrum of the laser.
- the waveguide diffusion aperture for this waveguide was 8 ⁇ m.
- the slope efficiency as a function of launched pump power is calculated to be 26 percent when we take the coupling factor to be 71 percent.
- the reflectance of the grating was estimated using the simplified laser formula de ⁇ ved from the theory of Rigrod:
- R is the output power at the grating end and P 2 is the output power at the end opposite the grating.
- R is the grating reflectance and R 2 is the reflectance of the attached mirror. Two mirrors were used with reflectances of 80 and 90 percent for R 2 . For both cases the grating reflectance, R, was calculated to be 65 percent.
- the laser output was coupled into an optical fiber scanning Fabry-Perot interferometer with a free spectral range of 124 GHz.
- Figure 1-A3 shows that the laser operated on a single longitudinal mode when the coupled pump power did not exceed 300 mW.
- the laser was robustly single frequency with TE polanzation, and no mode hopping was observed.
- the mset in Figure 1 -A3 shows that a second longitudinal mode appeared when the coupled pump power exceeded 300 mW. In this pump regime, the laser was unstable and exhibited mode hopping, single-frequency operation, and dual-frequency operation.
- the frequency spacing between the longitudinal modes the physical length of the laser cavity was determined to be 1.4 cm.
- the lmewidth of the laser was measured using a conventional self-heterodyne configuration with a 75 MHz frequency shift.
- the path length difference between the two arms was 10 km corresponding to a lmewidth resolution limit of 30 kHz for a Gaussian line shape.
- Optical isolators were used in both arms to prevent optical lmewidth narrowing due to feedback; however, the output end of the laser was not beveled.
- Figure 1-A4 shows the self-heterodyne spectrum. The laser lmewidth obtained from this measurement was 500 kHz.
- This example has demonstrated an array of high power, robustly single-frequency, integrated, DBR waveguide lasers operating near 1536 nm wavelength.
- the slope efficiencies of the lasers are 26 percent based on launched pump power, and the threshold is less than 50 mW when pumped at a wavelength of 977 nm.
- the lmewidths of the lasers were measured to be 500 kHz, and the outputs were linearly polarized m a TE mode.
- the temperature stability of the lasers and the relative intensity noise (RIN) are currently being investigated It is expected that with diode laser pumping, the RIN will be similar to other results presented for single-fluency fiber lasers and will fall below - 150 dB/Hz above 10 MHz.
- Example B Compact solid-state lasers based on the 1.5 ⁇ m Er 3+ transition hold promise as sources for optical fiber communication systems.
- Yb 3+ is commonly used as a sensitizer in Er 3+ lasers because it has a much larger absorption cross section near 980 nm than Er 3+ , and it efficiently transfers its excited state energy to the upper level of the Er 3+ laser.
- the Er 3+ /Yb 3+ glass waveguide laser in particular, has several advantages over lasers in Er 3+ -doped or Er 3 7Yb 3+ -co-doped glass fiber and bulk crystalline or glass hosts Ion-exchanged waveguides can be fabricated m glasses with large ytterbium concentrations (approximately 5-15%) which allows the devices to be substantially shorter than fiber lasers. This results m lower polanzation and output power noise, caused by thermal and mechanical stress-induced birefringence, and a smaller device volume.
- Short (approximately 1-2 cm) laser cavities are also of interest because of the potential for realizing high-pulse-repetition rate (GHz), passively mode-locked lasers Unlike bulk devices, waveguide lasers can be designed to operate m a single transverse mode independent of the operating power or pump laser transverse mode profile, and do not require the alignment of bulk mirrors In addition, the mode field sizes m waveguides can be designed to closely match those of optical fiber for efficient coupling with fiberoptic systems.
- One disadvantage of Er 3 7Yb 3+ glass waveguide lasers, up to this point, has been the relatively low output powers (up to a few milliwatts) available from these devices. Increased output power will greatly expand the utility of these devices.
- a cw Er 3 7Yb 3+ -co-doped phosphate glass waveguide laser which has produced 168 mW of output power at around 1540 nm for 611 mW of launched pump power at 979 nm has been desc ⁇ bed.
- Waveguides were fab ⁇ cated in a commercially available phosphate glass.
- the glass was co- doped with 1.15 wt % Er 2 O 3 (0.99 x IO 20 ions/cm 3 ) and 4.73 wt % Yb 2 0 3 (3.97 x IO 20 ions/cm 3 ).
- Waveguides were formed by K + -Na + exchange through a 200 nm thick Al mask layer with channel apertures ranging from 3 to 8 ⁇ m in width. The exchange occurred m a K O 3 melt at 375 °C for 4 hours in an Al crucible. The laser results reported here are for a 6.5 ⁇ m wide mask aperture.
- the refractive index as a function of position withm the exchanged sample was analyzed using a refractive near-field scanning method.
- Figure 1 -B 1 shows the index depth profile at the center of the waveguide formed with the 6.5 ⁇ m mask aperture for a wavelength of 633 nm. This method allows the relative position and absolute index values to be determined with an accuracy of 0.7 ⁇ m and 0.001, respectively.
- the transverse modes of the waveguides were characte ⁇ zed by coupling light at the wavelength of mterest into one end of the waveguide and imaging the light emerging from the other end onto a calibrated infrared camera
- the uncertainty of the mode dimensions determined using this method are approximately 10%.
- the device supported a single transverse mode at 1.54 ⁇ m havmg dimensions of 14.5 ⁇ m wide by 7.5 ⁇ m deep (measured at the 1/e points).
- the waveguide supported multiple transverse modes at 980 nm.
- the pump energy was confined pnmanly withm the lowest order transverse mode which had dimensions of 6.4 ⁇ m wide by 3.6 ⁇ m deep.
- the device was pumped with a T ⁇ 3+ :sapph ⁇ re laser.
- the waveguide laser cavities were formed by placing thin dielectric mirrors on the polished waveguide end faces. The mirrors were held in place by small sp ⁇ ng clips, and index matching oil was used between the mirror and waveguide end face to reduce losses.
- the pump laser was launched through one of the mirrors with a 4X microscope objective. The laser output and unabsorbed pump were colhmated with a 16x microscope objective and separated using filters. The laser cavity was 20 mm in length. The mirror through which the pump was launched had reflectivities of >99.9% and 15% at 1536 and 980 nm, respectively.
- the output coupler had a reflectivity of 80% at 1536 nm and transmitted 85% of the incident pump power. Neither the waveguide length nor the cavity output coupling has been optimized. The launching efficiency was estimated to be ⁇ 71%, including losses due to the transmission of the input mirror and launching objective.
- the laser output power charactenstics for two different pump wavelengths are illustrated in Figure 1-B2.
- the launched pump power threshold was 51 mW.
- a maximum output power of 168 mW was obtained for 611 mW of launched 979 nm pump power
- a lower threshold could be obtained by tuning the pump laser off of the Yb 3 absorption peak
- the threshold was 23 mW.
- the slope efficiency for both pump wavelengths was approximately 28%.
- the Er 3 7Yb 3+ laser usually operated at several wavelengths simultaneously.
- a typical laser spectrum showing simultaneous operation at 1536.0, 1540 7, and 1544.8 nm is depicted in Figure 1-B3.
- the wavelength(s) of operation could be shifted by passing some of the colhmated 1.5 ⁇ m laser output through a pnsm and reflecting it back through the prism and into the waveguide usmg a dielectric mirror. This formed a weakly coupled, external cavity. By rotating the pnsm, it was possible to produce wavelengths ranging from 1536 to 1595 nm.
- a common feature of many three-level, rare-earth lasers is sustained relaxation oscillations which can be caused by small fluctuations in the pump laser power. Fluctuations in output power at frequencies ranging from approximately 0.5 to 1.5 MHz were observed in this laser. The amplitude of the fluctuations decreased with pump power.
- Figure 1 -B4 shows the output power as a function of time for pump power levels just above threshold and 9.4 times threshold. At the low pump power, the output power fluctuations of approximately 30% (peak to peak) of the average power were observed. At the high pump power, the fluctuations decreased to approximately 5% (peak to peak) of the average power.
- the T ⁇ 3+ :sapph ⁇ re pump laser exhibited output power fluctuations of approximately 2-3% Using a diode laser as the pump source should result in much quieter operation of the Er 3+ laser.
- Waveguide lasers and amplifiers in glasses codoped with Er 3+ and Yb 3+ are promising candidates for compact multifunctional devices operating near 1.5 ⁇ m.
- the large gam bandwidth resulting from the mhomogeneously broadened glass host makes these devices ideal for narrow-line sources useful in wavelength division multiplexing applications.
- these waveguide lasers offer high repetition rate (GHz) mode-locked lasers using semiconductor saturable absorbers.
- GHz repetition rate
- Such lasers are ideal as sources for sohton communications systems.
- Other applications requiring an eye-safe wavelength, such as remote sensmg and range finding, could benefit from compact, high power continuous-wave (cw) or Q-switched waveguide laser sources based on these materials.
- optical amplifiers offering gam in the range of 1530 to 1550 nm are realized for some embodiments of the present invention.
- the Er 3+ concentration must be kept relatively low (approximately 1 wt %) m these devices m order to reduce the deleterious effects of cooperative upconversion.
- the concentration of sensitizing Yb 3+ is not limited due to any ion-ion interaction, and is expected to have a significant effect on device performance.
- Various authors have investigated this problem theoretically. This example reports experimental results for waveguide lasers fabricated by K + -Na + ion exchange m silicate glasses with Yb 3+ :Er 3+ ratios of 3 : 1 , 5 : 1 , and 8:1.
- the devices were fabncated m a commercially available laser glass.
- the glass is a phosphorus-free, mixed-alkali, zinc-silicate glass.
- all three glasses were doped with 1 wt% (one percent by weight) Er 2 0 3 (0.85 x IO 20 cm ) and the glasses designated NISTIOA, NISTIOC, and NIST10E contain Er 3+ :Yb 3+ ratios of 3:1 (2.47 x IO 20 Yb3 + ions cm '3 ), 5:1 (4.16 x IO 20 cm “3 ), and 8:1 (6.83 x IO 20 cm “3 ), respectively.
- the results reported were obtained by ion exchange through 3 ⁇ m apertures m 150 nm thick Al mask layers.
- the ion exchange was carried out in a melt of 100% K 0 3 for 14 hours at 400 °C.
- the optical modes of the waveguides at the signal wavelength were evaluated by coupling a
- the waveguides supported a single transverse mode of dimensions 20.5 ⁇ 2.1 ⁇ m wide by 11.5 ⁇ 1.2 ⁇ m deep (measured at the 1/e points) at the signal wavelength. Since the host glass is a mixed alkali glass which contains potassium, the introduction of additional potassium by the ion-exchange process leads to a very small index change. As a result, the optical mode is not tightly confined. Although the waveguides supported multiple transverse modes at the pump wavelength, an examination of the pump mode while the device was lasmg showed that only the lowest-order mode was excited. The result is excellent overlap between the pump and signal modes. The pump mode measured 15.2 ⁇ 1.5 ⁇ m wide by 7.0 ⁇ 0.7 ⁇ m deep. Waveguide losses were estimated at 860 nm, away from the broad Yb 3+ absorption peak.
- the coupling efficiency for the pump light was determined by measunng the pump throughput at 860 nm and correcting for losses from the input and output optics, as well as waveguide loss using the above-reported loss figures. Coupling efficiencies typically fell between 50% and 70%. The coupling efficiency was assumed to be identical at 860 nm and 975 nm.
- dielectric mirrors were attached to the polished end facets of the waveguide laser sample with index matching fluid and held in place by a small clip.
- the input mirror had a reflectance at 1536 nm of 99.9% and a transmittance at the pump wavelength of >90%>.
- Narious output couplers with reflectances ranging from 60 to 98% were used. All output couplers were also transmissive at the pump wavelength.
- the waveguide devices were pumped by a T ⁇ sapphire laser operating at 974.5 nm, which is the peak of the Yb 3+ absorption spectrum in this glass host. Pump light was coupled into the waveguide with a 4X (0.10 ⁇ A) microscope objective, and the output signal light was collected by a 20X objective.
- Figure 1-Cl shows a plot of laser signal power vs. launched pump power for two different output couplers, for a 1.68 cm long device fabricated in the glass with 5 Yb 3+ per Er 3"1" ion.
- the slope efficiencies and laser thresholds were determined by fitting a line to the laser data. The lowest threshold was achieved when using a 98% reflector as output coupler.
- This device lased with a launched pump power threshold of approximately 59 mW. The slope efficiency of this device was 2.0% with respect to launched pump power.
- Table 1 Performance data for highest slope efficiency devices fabricated in IOG10 silicate glass with different Yb 3+ :Er 3+ dopant ratios.
- the present invention provides the first demonstration of a monolithic single-frequency waveguide laser in a spectroscopically superior phosphate glass, and provides predictable emission wavelength if effective index of the waveguide is known.
- Embodiments of the invention as desc ⁇ bed above provide a high-power laser up to 80 mW (previous state-of-the-art in phosphate glass was 5 mW by D. Barbier, et al.
- One embodiment provides making the photoresist grating by evaporation of a chromium coating with the sample inclined 60 degrees to the normal of the evaporation source beam. This results m a hard metal coating on the tops of the photoresist bars that constitute the grating, thus allowing a more selective sputter etch of the grating and the use of higher DC bias voltages.
- One embodiment provides a DBR grating exposure m standard photoresist using an optical phase mask. Another embodiment provides a uniquely high diffraction efficiency of photoresist grating by actively monitoring dunng photoresist developing to optimize diffraction efficiency and to ensure proper resist development. Also, etching of the grating by Ar-ion sputtering in a standard reactive-ion-etchmg system results in no CFC (chlo ⁇ nated fluorocarbon) emissions as with reactive- lon-etchmg of silica glass. Using only argon gas at low pressure also provides a nearly sinusoidal grating without excess loss due to improved lsotropic plasma etching.
- Isotropic etching in an argon ion plasma also leaves a smooth surface (approximately sinusoidal) resulting in lower grating scattering losses.
- the effective index of refraction of one or more waveguides on a chip are measured before applying the grating, and a grating pitch (line spacing) is chosen to achieve the desired wavelength.
- some embodiments of the invention utilize a potassium-sodium ion- exchange process.
- this process can result in the glass surface bemg etched significantly when exchange is done in an aluminum crucible.
- a further improvement provides a borosihcate (a.k.a. Pyrex) crucible for performing the ion exchange as opposed to an aluminum crucible This has been found to greatly reduce the amount of surface attack and etching of the phosphate glass caused by the KN0 3 ion-exchange melt.
- another embodiment provides an improved control of water content of melt by baking the KN0 3 at a temperature of at least approximately 120 °C for a period of 24-48 hours m an inert argon atmosphere.
- Another factor involved m surface etching is due to oxidation reactions occur ⁇ ng dunng the ion-exchange process.
- the crucible containing the molten ion- exchange solvent together with the substrate is placed inside a fully enclosed and sealed chamber (containing an inert atmosphere such as argon) dunng the ion-exchange process.
- the waveguides are bu ⁇ ed withm the substrate. This not only results in reduced scatte ⁇ ng losses m the waveguide, but also largely avoids the corrosive effects that are another factor in surface etching.
- the surface of the glass substrate is covered by a deposited titanium mask with narrow (about 2-5 microns in width) photolithographically applied apertures used to locally control the ion-exchange process.
- the waveguides are first formed just beneath the substrate surface by immersing the substrate, at an elevated temperature, m a molten salt bath of potassium nitrate.
- Diffusion of K ions from the solvent into the substrate through the mask apertures in exchange for Na ions results in a channel bemg formed with a higher refractive index believed due to the higher electronic pola ⁇ zability of the K ions relative to Na as well as a possible stress effect
- the surface waveguides thus formed are then bu ⁇ ed below the substrate surface by a second, elect ⁇ c-field-assisted ion-exchange using molten sodium nitrate as an ion source.
- An electrode immersed m a sodium-nitrate bath is used to carry out the elect ⁇ c-field-assisted diffusion of Na ions into the substrate which exchanges for K ions diffused m the previous step.
- PND physical vapor depostion process
- CVD chemical-vapor deposition
- One embodiment provides an ion-exchange process that results in a slightly buried waveguide with the highest index m the waveguide occurnng slightly below the surface. This reduces scatte ⁇ ng loss.
- Another embodiment provides a mode field shape and size that is optimized for laser operation using a field-assisted, ion-exchange process where the elect ⁇ c field is vaned as a function of time.
- Yb/Er doped waveguide laser there are performance tradeoffs related to the Yb-dopmg concentration, the Er-dopmg concentration, and the Yb/Er-dopmg ratio. It has been generally thought that more Yb doping will result in better laser performance.
- An alternate approach to optimizing the amount of Er and the Yb/Er ratio involves evaluating the relative performance tradeoffs between Yb- Er cross-relaxation efficiency and the total number of inverted Er ions in the laser cavity.
- An example of the doping selection process is as follows:
- a 4: 1 ratio of Yb/Er was chosen with an Er concentration of 1x10 20 ions/cm 3 .
- the total doping concentration is constrained since the glass is doped by substitution of Yb and Er for Na, and the total doping concentration cannot exceed 10 wt%.
- a vanety of laser structures can be obtained using a process in accordance with the invention.
- many gratings can be formed by exposing the photoresist fabncated on each single glass chip of a wafer using a silica plate that has multiple pitch phase masks printed on it. Accurate lmewidth control and control of differential lmewidth can be provided using phase masks with more than one period on a single substrate.
- Another embodiment provides a laser wavelength that is selected by printing a single pitch grating over an a ⁇ ay of optical waveguides with each waveguide in the array having a different refractive index.
- Still another embodiment provides a laser wavelength that is selected by fabricating a single pitch grating on an a ⁇ ay of identical optical waveguides where each waveguide crosses the grating at varying angles.
- Another embodiment of the invention relates to a multi-compositional glass substrate formed with regions of differing concentrations of the same or different dopants, which regions may be used to form complex mtegrated-optic structures.
- the glass substrate may be doped by a selected amount certain regions with one or more optically active lanthanide species or a laser species (which may be a rare-earth element such as Er, a combination of Er and Yb, or Pr) and undoped in others in such a manner that allows the independent control of gam, loss, and absorption m various regions of the glass.
- regions that are undoped light of many wavelengths can propagate with virtually no loss, while m doped regions vanous wavelengths can be absorbed causing gam to occur at other wavelengths for creating laser amplifiers or resonators.
- the optical devices integrated into the substrate may constitute both active and passive devices. Active devices such as laser amplifiers and resonators use the excited laser medium to amplify or generate light while passive devices such as filters, splitters, and waveguides use the substrate as a transmission medium. Passage of a light signal at a lasing wavelength through a doped region of the substrate results in absorption of the light by the laser species, however, unless the population inversion is maintained by pump light. In order to avoid loss of signal, the doped region must be pumped which adds to the energy requirements of the system. Whether the region is pumped or not, however, transmitting the light signal through a doped region also adds noise to the signal by amplified stimulated emission.
- the present invention overcomes these problems by providing an undoped region through which light signals can be transmitted and in which passive devices can be located.
- the undoped region can also provide a pathway by which pump light from an external source can be directed to laser amplifiers or resonators m the substrate without intervening absorption of the light by a laser or sensitizer species.
- Figure 2 shows an isometric view of an optical chip 200 having a laser 202 compns g waveguide 220, DBR minor 230 and optional input mirror 240 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 6 shows more detail of a single laser 202 having an external launch minor 240, which is transmissive at the pump light wavelength but highly reflective at the lasing wavelength of laser 202, and is used to launch the pump light into the laser cavity.
- optical chip 200 of Figure 6 is made with one of the configurations of Figures 2A-2H described above.
- a plurality of operable lasers 202 are provided on each chip 200.
- Figure 3 shows a top view of a laser 900 using direct (butt) coupling of pump laser diode 310 to optical chip 200 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 4 shows a top view of a laser 1000 using lensed coupling of pump laser diode 310 to optical chip 200 according to one embodiment of the present invention
- Figure 5 shows a top view of a laser 1100 usmg a fiber coupling of pump laser diode 310 to optical chip 200 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
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