Title :
Investigation of erbium-doped tellurite glasses for a planar waveguide power amplifier at 1.57μm
Author :
Mackenzie, Jacob I. ; Murugan, G.S. ; Suzuki, Takumi ; Ohishi, Yasutake ; Yu, A.W. ; Abshire, James B.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Comparing gain in Er-doped tellurite glasses for CO2 absorption measurements, a maximum gain of 2.2dB/cm with 8 ms fluorescence lifetime has been obtained at 1572 nm using a 974 nm pump with intensity of 8kW/cm2.
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; carbon compounds; erbium; fluorescence; optical glass; optical planar waveguides; power amplifiers; solid lasers; tellurium compounds; waveguide lasers; CO2; TeO2ZnOMgOB2O3; carbon dioxide absorption measurements; erbium-doped tellurite glasses; fluorescence lifetime; planar waveguide power amplifier; time 8 ms; wavelength 1572 nm; wavelength 974 nm; Absorption; Atmospheric measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gain; Gain measurement; Glass; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
