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
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