Integrated Optics: Guiding Light into the Future
Markus Pollnau
Integrated Optical MicroSystems (IOMS) Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
phone: +31-53-489 1037, fax: +31-53-489 3996 e-mail: m.pollnau@ewi.utwente.nl
Recent achievements of our research group in integrated optics, specifically optical amplification and lasing in waveguides activated by rare-earth ions [1-6], on-chip spectroscopy using arrayed-waveguide gratings [7-8], DNA detection in an optofluidic chip [9], and opto-mechanical manipulation [10] are reviewed.
[1] J.D.B. Bradley, Laser Photonics Rev. 5, in press (2011). DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201000015.
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[4] J. Yang, Laser Phys. Lett. 7, 650 (2010); Opt. Lett. 34, 473 (2009). C. Grivas, Opt. Lett. 35, 1983 (2010).
[5] D. Geskus, Laser Phys. Lett. 6, 800 (2009); Opt. Express 18, 8853 (2010); Opt. Express 18, 26107 (2010).
[6] D. Geskus, "Giant optical gain in rare-earth-ion-doped microstructures", submitted (2011).
[7] V.D. Nguyen, "Spectral domain optical coherence tomography imaging with an integrated optics spectrometer", Opt. Lett., accepted (2011).
[8] B.I. Akca, "High-resolution silicon-oxynitride arrayed waveguide grating spectrometers operating around 800 nm and 1300 nm", submitted (2011).
[9] C. Dongre, Lab Chip 11, 679 (2011); Electrophoresis 31, 2584 (2010); Analyst 136, 1248 (2011).
