Title :
Erbium doped waveguide amplifiers (EDWAs) fabricated via a single sol-gel deposition technique
Author :
Thomson, R.R. ; Bookey, H.T. ; Kar, A.K. ; Rebman, H.Ur. ; Liu, S. ; Suyal, N.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
In this paper we present erbium absorption, gain, fluorescence lifetime and waveguide loss characterisation results for erbium doped waveguide amplifiers (EDWAs) fabricated using a single sol-gel deposition for each of the core and cladding layers.
Keywords :
cladding techniques; erbium; fluorescence; optical fabrication; optical losses; sol-gel processing; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; EDWA fabrication; cladding layer; core layer; erbium absorption; erbium doped waveguide amplifiers; fluorescence lifetime; optical gain; sol-gel deposition; waveguide loss characterisation; Absorption; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fluorescence; Glass; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical films; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202242
