• DocumentCode
    1650294
  • Title

    Energy-transfer processes in Al2O3:Er3+ waveguide amplifiers

  • Author

    Agazzi, L. ; Wörhoff, K. ; Pollnau, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Integrated Opt. Microsyst. Group, Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The influence of migration-accelerated energy-transfer upconversion and fast luminescence quenching on the performance of Al2O3:Er3+ waveguide amplifiers is investigated. Results indicate that the latter has the stronger impact on the amplifier small-signal gain.
  • Keywords
    Gain; Gain measurement; Ions; Luminescence; Optical amplifiers; Optical waveguides; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325530