DocumentCode :
2237312
Title :
Phosphate glass ion-exchange Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped waveguide amplifiers longitudinally pumped by broad area lasers
Author :
Donzella, V. ; Toccafondo, V. ; Faralli, S. ; Di Pasquale, F. ; Barbier, D. ; Figueroa, H. Hernandez
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
fYear :
2009
fDate :
15-19 Sept. 2009
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
2
Abstract :
We show that Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped waveguide amplifiers, based on ion-exchange technology on phosphate glasses, can be effectively pumped by high-power and low-cost broad-area lasers at 980 nm, providing over 3 dB/cm gain.
Keywords :
erbium compounds; integrated optics; ion exchange; optical glass; optical pumping; optical waveguides; phosphate glasses; ytterbium compounds; P2O5-ErO-YbO; broad area lasers; co-doped waveguide amplifiers; ion exchange; longitudinal pumping; phosphate glass; Erbium; Glass; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical amplifiers; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Pump lasers; Refractive index; Waveguide lasers; integrated optics; optical amplifiers;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307801
Filename :
5307801
Link To Document :
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