Optical planar waveguides in Yba＋-doped phosphate glasses are fabricated by implanting triple-energy helium ions. The guiding modes and the near-field intensity distribution are measured by using the prism-coupling method and the end-face coupling setup with a He Ne laser at 633 nm The intensity calculation method （ICM） is used to reconstruct the refractive index profile of the waveguide. The absorption and the fluorescence investigations reveal that the glass bulk features are well preserved in the active volumes of the waveguides, suggesting the fabricated structures for possible applications as waveguide lasers.
The neodymium trifluoroacetate complexes were synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction for [Nd（CF3COO）3·Bpy·（H2O）3]Bpy（1）,elemental and TG analysis,FT-IR spectra,and PL spectra for Nd（CF3COO）3·Bpy（2）（Bpy：2,2＇-bipyri-dine）.The most interesting feature of the crystal structure for 1 is that it comprises a coordinated 2,2＇-bipyridine molecule and an out-sphere 2,2＇-bipyridine molecule.At the same time,the C-O distances appeared average which indicates the three atoms of carboxylato forming elec-tron-conjugate system.Hydrogen bond and π-π-stacking link the binuclear to two-dimensional sheet.The optical spectra for 2 exhibited that the complex possessed typical Nd（III） ion absorption and photoluminescence emission.The emission cross-section of 4F3/2→4I11/2 fluores-cence transition（3.63×10-20 cm2） was comparable with some laser glasses,which indicated good radiative properties of this neodymium trifluoroacetate complex in liquid matrix.The thermal analysis indicated that it was quite stable to heat.
