• 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