Femtosecond laser written waveguides in sapphire for visible light delivery

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08840v2
• Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:40:05 GMT
• Title: Femtosecond laser written waveguides in sapphire for visible light delivery
• Authors: Sarah Winkler, Joachim R. Krenn, Jakob Wahl, Alexander Zesar, Yves Colombe, Klemens Schüppert, Clemens Rössler, Christian Sommer, Philipp Hurdax, Philip Lichtenegger, Bernhard Lamprecht,
• Abstract summary: A promising solution for scalable integrated optics of trapped-ion quantum processors are curved waveguides guiding visible light within sapphire bulk material. Here, we demonstrate femtosecond laser writing of depressed cladding waveguides in sapphire. Results demonstrate the potential of femtosecond laser writing as a powerful technique for creating integrated optical waveguides in the volume of sapphire substrates.
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• Abstract: A promising solution for scalable integrated optics of trapped-ion quantum processors are curved waveguides guiding visible light within sapphire bulk material. To the best of our knowledge, no curved waveguides were investigated in sapphire so far, and no measurements of waveguides with visible light in undoped planar sapphire substrates were reported. Here, we demonstrate femtosecond laser writing of depressed cladding waveguides in sapphire. Laser parameters, such as pulse energy, pulse duration, and repetition rate, as well as waveguide geometry parameters, were optimized to guide 728 nm light. This resulted in single-mode waveguides with a propagation loss of 1.9(3) dB/cm. The investigation of curved waveguides showed a sharp increase in total loss for curvature radii below 15 mm. Our results demonstrate the potential of femtosecond laser writing as a powerful technique for creating integrated optical waveguides in the volume of sapphire substrates. Such waveguides could be a building block for integrated optics in trapped-ion quantum processors.

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