Applied Physics Letters · 1972 · 27 citations · 2 references
Natural SciencesMaterials SciencePhysicsOpticsPhotonicsThin FilmsGlass MaterialsOptical AmplifiersOptical GlassesOptical Thin FilmsOptical WaveguidesWaveguidesGlass WaveguidesThin-film Optoelectronic MaterialsWaveguide AmplifiersWaveguide Electro-opticsWaveguide Lasers
Nd-doped glass (3.5 wt% Nd2O3) is sputtered on Corning No. 7059 glass to make an active thin-film waveguide. The thin film is pumped with a Xe flash tube, and the amplification of 1.06-μm laser light that propagates in the thin film is observed.
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Integrated Optics: An Introduction
Stewart E. Miller · Bell System Technical Journal · 1969 · 582 citations