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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307801