• DocumentCode
    399884
  • Title

    Erbium doped waveguide amplifiers fabricated using focused proton beam irradiation

  • Author

    Liu, Kun ; Pun, E.Y.B. ; Sum, T.C. ; Bettiol, Andrew Anthony ; van Kan, J.A. ; Watt, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    132
  • Abstract
    Buried channel waveguides were fabricated in Er3+-Yb3+ co-doped phosphate glasses using focused proton beam irradiation. Net gain of the waveguide amplifiers at 1.534 μm wavelength was ∼1.3 dB/cm with 90 mW pump power.
  • Keywords
    erbium; optical fabrication; optical focusing; optical pumping; phosphate glasses; proton effects; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; ytterbium; 1.534 mum; 90 mW; Er3+-Yb3+ codoped phosphate glasses; P2O5:Er,Yb; buried channel waveguides; erbium doped waveguide amplifiers; focused proton beam irradiation; optical fabrication; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Glass; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics; Particle beams; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251636
  • Filename
    1251636