• DocumentCode
    2258261
  • Title

    Investigation of optical gain in Al2O3:Er channel waveguide amplifiers

  • Author

    Bradley, J.D.B. ; Agazzi, L. ; Geskus, D. ; Blauwendraat, T. ; Ay, F. ; Worhoff, K. ; Pollnau, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Integrated Opt. Microsyst. Group, Univ. of Twente, Enschede
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Reactively co-sputtered aluminum oxide layers with low background loss and varying Er concentrations have been deposited. Net optical gain of 0.76 dB/cm was obtained for an Er concentration of 0.9times1020 cm-3 in a channel waveguide.
  • Keywords
    alumina; erbium; optical losses; solid lasers; sputter deposition; waveguide lasers; Al2O3:Er; Er concentrations; background loss; channel waveguide amplifiers; cosputtered aluminum oxide layers; optical gain; Absorption; Aluminum oxide; Erbium; Integrated optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical losses; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Sputtering; Stimulated emission; (130.3130) Integrated optics materials; (140.4480) Optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572425
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2258261