Title :
Monoclinic double tungstate waveguide amplifiers and microlasers
Author :
García-Blanco, Sonia M. ; Geskus, Dimitri ; Van Dalfsen, Koop ; Ay, Feridun ; Aravazhi, Shanmugam ; Pollnau, Markus
Author_Institution :
Integrated Opt. Microsyst. Group, Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Abstract :
The rare-earth (RE) ion doped monoclinic potassium double tungstates KY(WO4)2, KGd(WO4)2, and KLu(WO4)2 are emerging as very interesting gain materials for the fabrication of waveguide amplifiers and microlasers for future integrated optical devices. The very large transition cross-sections of RE ions doped into these materials provide large gain per unit length, which, together with the large refractive indices, make these materials very promising for on-chip integrated applications. An overview of the latest advances on waveguide amplifiers and microlasers in potassium double tungstates will be presented including different waveguide microfabrication techniques and various examples of recent applications, such as waveguide amplifiers with extremely high gain (~1000 dB/cm), on-chip waveguide lasers with integrated gratings, and waveguide lasers with high output power (>;l400 mW), low quantum defect (0.7%), and broad tunability.
Keywords :
gadolinium compounds; integrated optics; laser tuning; lutetium compounds; optical fabrication; potassium compounds; quantum optics; refractive index; waveguide lasers; yttrium compounds; KGd(WO4)2; KLu(WO4)2; KY(WO4)2; broad tunability; integrated gratings; integrated optical devices; microfabrication techniques; microlasers; monoclinic potassium double tungstates; on-chip integrated applications; on-chip waveguide lasers; quantum defect; rare-earth ion; refractive indices; very large transition cross-sections; waveguide amplifiers; Gain; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Optical waveguides; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers; channel waveguide microlasers; double tungstates; integrated optics; liquid phase epitaxy; optical amplifiers; rare-earth ions;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0881-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2011.5971062