Title :
Design and characterization of ultra-compact Er-doped waveguide amplifier based on bismuthate glass
Author :
Ono, M. ; Kondo, Y. ; Kageyama, J. ; Hayashi, H. ; Sugimoto, N.
Author_Institution :
Asahi Glass Co. Ltd., Yokohama
Abstract :
We have designed and evaluated two types of spiral lightwave circuits for 1-cm2-size high performance waveguide amplifier. Circle-spiral layout is found to show higher performance compared to square-spiral layout because of low bending loss
Keywords :
bending; bismuth compounds; erbium; optical glass; optical losses; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; Bi3O3:Er; Er-doped waveguide amplifier; bending loss; bismuthate glass; circle-spiral layout; spiral lightwave circuits; square-spiral layout; ultracompact waveguide amplifier; Glass; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Spirals; Stimulated emission; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215355