Does photosensitivity pave the way towards the fabrication of miniature coherent light sources in inorganic glass waveguides

Abstract Photosensitivity designates the ability to permanently change the refractive index of a glass by optical processing. The phenomenon allows the fabrication of numerous phase structures, the simplest of which is the Bragg grating obtained by photoimprinting a periodic index modulation within the material. Bragg gratings have changed the way in which optical fibre (or planar waveguide) lasers are now used. Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) or Distributed Feed Back (DFB) lasers, when intracore Bragg gratings are used for linear cavity feedback, are commonly fabricated in rare earth doped optical silica-based fibres. On the other hand, photosensitivity can also result in effects which can prove to be detrimental to the fabrication of miniature coherent light sources. The paper will cover some of the advances that have been made in improving the photosensitivity of inorganic glasses, in searching new photosensitive materials and in characterizing Bragg grating properties relevant to laser applications.

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