Integrated magneto-optic waveguide materials and devices

我们的目标是开发用于制造集成波导磁光（MO）器件的硫系玻璃薄膜，作为使用难以以集成形式制造的结晶MO材料的根本替代方案。利用我们的超快脉冲激光沉积（UFPLD）技术，我们将通过组合材料合成生产各种硫系玻璃组合物，并评估它们的磁光活性。UFPLD还将用于沉积用于设备原型的高光学质量薄膜。我们将设计和制造必不可少的原型MO组件，但目前无法获得，用于集成光学中的光学隔离器。

We aim to develop chalcogenide glass films for fabricating integrated waveguide magneto-optic (MO) devices as a radical alternative to the use of crystalline MO materials that have proven difficult to manufacture in integrated form. Using our ultra-fast pulsed laser deposition (UFPLD) technique we will produce a wide range of chalcogenide glass compositions through combinatorial materials synthesis and assess them for magneto-optic activity. UFPLD will also be used to deposit high optical quality films for device prototyping. We will design and fabricate prototype MO components which are essential, but currently unavailable, for use as optical isolators in integrated optics.