Title :
A Novel Bismuth-doped Soda-Lime-Silicate Glass as Ultra-Broadband Near-Infrared Gain Media
Author :
Arai, Yusuke ; Suzuki, Takenobu ; Ohishi, Yasutake ; Morimoto, Shigeki
Author_Institution :
Toyota Technol. Inst, Nagoya
Abstract :
The optical emission characteristics of Bi-doped soda-lime-silicate glass is investigated in the near-infrared region. Results show an emission bandwidth FWHM as wide as 600 nm under 720 nm laser excitation. This is the widest emission bandwidth ever reported for bismuth-doped glass making it suitable for broadband amplifier and tunable laser applications.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; calcium compounds; optical glass; photoluminescence; sodium compounds; Na2O-CaO-SiO2-Bi2O3; bismuth-doped soda-lime-silicate glass; broadband amplifier; emission bandwidth FWHM; laser excitation; optical emission; tunable laser; ultrabroadband near-infrared gain media; wavelength 720 nm; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Ceramics industry; Fluorescence; Glass industry; Laser excitation; Materials science and technology; Stimulated emission; Toy industry; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386236
