• DocumentCode
    3022381
  • Title

    Er:Yb-doped Waveguide Amplifier Fabricated in Oxyfluoride Silicate Glass Using Femtosecond Laser Inscription

  • Author

    Psaila, N.D. ; Thomson, R.R. ; Bookey, H.T. ; Kar, A.K. ; Chiodo, N. ; Osellame, R. ; Cerullo, G. ; Shen, S. ; Jha, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Heriot Watt Univ., Edinburgh
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report for the first time, net gain from a channel waveguide fabricated in Er:Yb doped oxyfluoride silicate glass using femtosecond waveguide inscription. Waveguides were fabricated using the multi-scan technique to control the waveguide cross-section.
  • Keywords
    erbium; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam applications; optical fibre amplifiers; waveguide lasers; ytterbium; Yb:Er; channel waveguide; femtosecond laser inscription; multiscan technique; net gain; oxyfluoride silicate glass; waveguide amplifier; waveguide cross-section; Glass; Loss measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;
  • 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.2007.4453519
  • Filename
    4453519