• 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