Title :
Effect of Si-nc to Er3+ coupling ratio and multimode resonant pumping on EDWAs performance
Author :
Donzella, V. ; Faralli, S. ; Di Pasquale, F.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa
Abstract :
We present a finite element based 3D model for Si-nc sensitized EDWAs, longitudinally pumped by broad area visible lasers. The effects of Si-nc to Er3+ coupling ratio and of multimode pumping scheme on the amplifier performance are numerically investigated.
Keywords :
erbium; finite element analysis; optical couplers; optical pumping; silicon; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; JkJk:Er-Si; amplifier performance; broad area visible lasers; coupling ratio; doped waveguide amplifiers; finite element based 3D model; multimode pumping scheme; multimode resonant pumping; Equations; Erbium; Finite element methods; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical coupling; Optical materials; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688758
