Title :
High gain erbium doped tellurium oxide waveguide amplifier
Author :
Vu, K. ; Madden, S.
Author_Institution :
Laser Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
This work reports Tellurium oxide EDWAs that exhibit net fiber to fiber gain fabricated using reactive RF magnetron co-sputtered Er doped TeO2 films. Rib waveguides were fabricated using standard lithography and Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) using a Hydrogen/Methane/Argon gas mix in a layer of pure TeO2 deposited on top of the Er doped film. The 5cm long single mode waveguides were pumped bi-directionally with two 1480nm pumps.
Keywords :
erbium; lithography; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre fabrication; optical films; optical pumping; rib waveguides; sputter deposition; sputter etching; tellurium compounds; TeO2:Er; bidirectional pumping; fiber-to-fiber gain; high gain erbium doped tellurium oxide waveguide amplifier; hydrogen-methane-argon gas mix; reactive RF magnetron co-sputtered films; reactive ion etching; rib waveguides; single mode waveguides; size 5 cm; standard lithography; wavelength 1480 nm; Erbium; Gain; Glass; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943115
