Title :
High gain, short length optical amplifier in heavily doped phosphate glass for miniature optics
Author :
Fernandez, T.T. ; del Hoyo, J. ; Berdejo, V. ; Ruiz de la Cruz, A. ; Ferrer, A. ; Ortega-Feliu, Ines ; Valles, J.A. ; Rebolledo, M.A. ; Solis, Javier
Author_Institution :
Laser Process. Group (LPG). Inst. de Opt., Inst. de Opt., Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
In this work we demonstrate the production of a high gain, short length waveguide amplifiers and lasers produced by state of the art femtosecond (fs) laser micromachining.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; erbium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; lanthanum compounds; laser beam machining; micromachining; optical fabrication; optical glass; phosphate glasses; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; ytterbium compounds; Al2O3-La2O3-P2O3-Er2O3-Yb2O3; femtosecond laser micromachining; heavily doped phosphate glass; high gain optical amplifier; miniature optics; short length optical amplifier; waveguide amplifiers; waveguide lasers; Glass; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801313
