DR1 doped sol-gel planar waveguides for nonlinear devices operating at telecommunications wavelengths

Anne-Claire Le Duff (1) , Michael Canva (1) , Yves Levy (1) , Alain Brun (2) , Frédéric Chaput (3) , Jean-Pierre Boilot (3) , Eric Toussaere (4)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Macsybio
2 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa
3 LPMC - Laboratoire de physique de la matière condensée
4 LPQM - Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire

We report on linear and nonlinear optical properties of Disperse Red 1-doped solgel waveguides. The refractive-index and optical-propagation losses of the guiding layer were measured between 0.756 mm and 1.64 mm. The spectral broadening of the chromophore charge-transfer transition in the visible is modeled with a Voigt-profile function. In the telecommunications window the attenuation is dominated by the overtones of the O--H bonds vibration bands. The nonlinear optical coefficients were measured at different poling strengths with the Maker-fringe method. The nonlinear coefficient d33 was found to be 4.5 pm V21 at 1.58 mm for a poling field of 60 Vmm21.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Anne-Claire Le Duff, Michael Canva, Yves Levy, Alain Brun, Frédéric Chaput, et al.. DR1 doped sol-gel planar waveguides for nonlinear devices operating at telecommunications wavelengths. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 2001, 18 (12), pp.1827-1831. ⟨hal-00667996⟩