Waveguide lasers operating in the full C-band fabricated by femtosecond laser writing

Author

Della Valle, G. ; Taccheo, S. ; Osellame, R. ; Cerullo, G. ; Chiodo, N. ; Ramponi, R. ; Laporta, P. ; Killi, A. ; Morgner, U. ; Lederer, M. ; Kopf, D.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Milan

fYear

2005

fDate

17-17 June 2005

Firstpage

540

Lastpage

540

Abstract

In this paper we report on an active waveguides fabricated by means of a compact turn-key fs oscillator, providing net amplification in the fall C-band, and thus allowing for laser action in the full third optical communication window, up to 1560 nm. In conclusion, we demonstrated for the first time net gain and laser action in the full C-band using an Er-Yb:glass waveguide fabricated by the femtosecond laser writing technique

Keywords

erbium; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical fabrication; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; ytterbium; C-band fabrication; active waveguides fabrication; compact turn-key fs oscillator; femtosecond laser writing; full third optical communication window; laser action; waveguide laser; Laser mode locking; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8974-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568318

Filename

1568318