• DocumentCode
    1771829
  • Title

    Demonstration of net gain in an erbium chloride silicate single nanowire waveguide

  • Author

    Zhicheng Liu ; Gejian Zhao ; Leijun Yin ; Cun-Zheng Ning

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr., Comput. & Energy Eng, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Absorption coefficient of erbium chloride silicate nanowire is studied by monitoring the decay of upconversion emission from a single nanowire waveguide. 30 dB/cm low bound for the net gain is demonstrated for erbium chloride silicate.
  • Keywords
    absorption coefficients; erbium compounds; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical waveguides; Er3Cl(SiO4)2; absorption coefficient; erbium chloride silicate nanowire waveguide; net gain; upconversion emission; Absorption; Erbium; Gain; Laser excitation; Materials; Optical amplifiers; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989627