DocumentCode
3014136
Title
Neodymium doped ultrathin sol-gel tapered channel waveguide amplifier on Silicon substrate
Author
Peled, Asher ; Nathan, Menachem ; Tsukernik, Alexander ; Ruschin, Shlomo
Author_Institution
Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report on a fully monolithic Neodymium doped sol-gel tapered rib waveguide amplifier. Signal and pump were coupled by grating couplers. A gain of 4.8 dB (3.75 dB net gain) was obtained from a 1cm long device.
Keywords
amplifiers; diffraction gratings; optical couplers; optical waveguides; gain; gain 4.8 dB; grating couplers; monolithic solid-state amplifier; sol-gel method; tapered rib waveguide; ultrathin tapered channel waveguide amplifier; Couplers; Gratings; Neodymium; Optical amplifiers; Optical interferometry; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453113
Filename
4453113
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