Integrated planar waveguide amplifier with 15 dB net gain at 1550 nm

Author

Shmulovich, J. ; Bruce, A.J. ; Lenz, G. ; Hansen, P.B. ; Nielsen, T.N. ; Muehlner, D.J. ; Bogert, G.A. ; Brener, I. ; Laskowski, E.J. ; Paunescu, A. ; Ryazansky, I. ; Jacobson, D.C. ; White, A.E.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Volume

Supplement

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Abstract

A packaged Er-doped aluminosilicate planar optical waveguide amplifier (POWA) has shown net gain of 15 dB (22 dB) at 1550 nm (1532 nm) with 150 mW/980 nm pump. Low loss (0.25 dB) mode converters that couple between the POWA and standard P-glass waveguides are also demonstrated.

Keywords

aluminosilicate glasses; erbium; optical communication equipment; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; 15 dB; 1550 nm; Er-doped aluminosilicate glass; broad gain spectrum; fiber coupled amplifier; integrated planar waveguide amplifier; low loss coupling; low loss mode converters; optical preamplifier; packaged planar optical waveguide amplifier; silicon optical bench technology; Gain; Optical amplifiers; Optical losses; Optical planar waveguides; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Packaging; Planar waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.766203

Filename

766203