Title: Pulsed Laser Deposition: passive and active waveguides

Authors: M. Jelinek, F. Flory, L. Escoubas

Addresses: Institute of Physics ASCR, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic; CTU, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Sitna 3105, 27201 Kladno, Czech Republic. ' Directeur de Centrale Marseille Recherche et Technologies, and IM2NP UMR 6242, Ecole Centrale Marseille, Technopole de Chateau-Gombert, 38 rue Joliot Curie, 13451 Marseille Cedex 20, France. ' Aix-Marseille Universite, IM2NP, CNRS, IM2NP UMR 6242 (Marseille – Toulon), Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, Campus de Saint-Jerome, Avenue Escadrille Normandie Niemen – Service 231, F-13397 Marseille Cedex, France

Abstract: An overview of waveguiding thin films fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) is presented. Principles of PLD, advantages and problems are summarised. Attention is paid to active and passive waveguiding films. Details on materials, deposition, characterisation and waveguiding properties are given in tables. Parameters of lasing layers fabricated by PLD are also summarised. Applications of waveguiding layers are presented, including examples of devices such as a sensor for butane detection.

Keywords: PLD; pulsed laser deposition; laser ablation; passive waveguides; active waveguides; waveguide laser; sensors; thin films; butane detection.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.2009.024999

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 2009 Vol.34 No.4, pp.438 - 453

Published online: 06 May 2009 *

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