Author Affiliations
School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of a typical experimental setup for FsLDW operation.
Fig. 2. Schematic illustrations FsLDW of (a) single-line waveguides based on smooth Type-Ⅰ modification, (b) stress-induced double-line waveguides based on two parallel Type-Ⅱ laser tracks, and (c) depressed-cladding waveguides.
Fig. 3. Schematic illustration of nonlinear waveguide channels based on FsLDW single-/multi-line geometries.
Fig. 4. (
a) Schematic illustration of Y-branch waveguide channels based on FsLDW double-line geometry
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b) The microscopic photograph of the splitting region in a FsLDW Yb:YAG waveguide splitter
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c) The cross-sectional microscopic photograph of a FsLDW Nd:YAG waveguide array
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d) Reconstructed refractive index profile of the fabricated waveguide array
43. Scale bars denote 30 µm. Figure reproduced with permission from: (a, b) ref.
39 and (c, d) ref.
43, Optical Society of America.
Fig. 5. (
a) Schematic illustration of curved waveguide channels based on FsLDW depressed-cladding geometries
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b) Schematic illustration of three-element 3D photonic-lattice-like cladding photonic structures for beam splitting and ring-shaped beam transformation
31. Figure reproduced with permission from: (
a) ref.
34, SPIE; (b) ref.
31, Optical Society of America.
Fig. 6. Schematic illustration of a MZI EO modulator with Y-branch waveguide channels based on FsLDW double-line geometries
58.
Figure reproduced with permission from ref.
58, Optical Society of America.
Fig. 7. (
a) Lasing performance of FsLDW curved Yb:YAG double-line waveguides with different curvature radii
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b–e) Output modal profiles of FsLDW beam splitters and ring-shaped beam transformers
49, 50. Figure reproduced with permission from: (a) ref.
38, Optical Society of America; (b, e) ref.
49, Springer Nature; (c, d) ref.
50, IEEE.
Fig. 8. Modal profiles of SHG (1064→532 nm) and 1×4 beam splitting from photonic-lattice-like KTP cladding waveguides
69.
Figure reproduced with permission from ref.
69, Springer Nature.
Crystal | Waveguide | Branch angle | Loss | ER (dB) | Vπ (V) | λ | LiNbO3
(x-cut)58 | Double-line | 1.2° | 1 dB/cm | 9 | 19 | 632.8 nm | LiNbO3
(x-cut)64 | Double-line | 1.5° | 4 dB | 11 | 23 | 532 nm | LiNbO3
(x-cut)65 | Double-line | 0.5° | 30 dB | 11 | 45 | 1550 nm |
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Table 1. EO performance of reported FsLDW Y-branch waveguides in crystals.
Crystal | Waveguide | Operation mode | Loss | Lasing threshold | Slope efficiency | Yb:YAG38 | S-shape double-line | CW | 0.8 dB | < 220 mW | 60% | Yb:YAG39 | Y-branch double-line | CW | 3.1 dB | 271 mW | 40% | Nd:YAG43 | Planar double-line array | CW | 3.7 dB | 70.7 mW | 37% | Nd:YAG49 | Photonic-lattice-like cladding | CW & Q-switched | 0.7 dB | ~200 mW | 32% | Nd:YAG50 | Photonic-lattice-like cladding | CW | 0.5 dB | ~90 mW | 34% | Nd:YAG67 | Y-branch cladding | Q-switched | 1.1 dB/cm | ~450 mW | - | Nd:YAG68 | Y-branch cladding | CW | 1.1 dB/cm | 90 mW | 22.4% |
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Table 2. Lasing performance of reported FsLDW 3D waveguides in crystals.