Optical properties of integrated type amplifiers using erbium doped crystal film waveguides

Author

Miyazaki, Y. ; Soma, T. ; Balasubramanian, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., Toyohashi Univ. of Technol., Japan

fYear

1996

fDate

5-5 Dec. 1996

Firstpage

121

Lastpage

124

Abstract

Theoretical analysis and experimental investigation of the optical properties of integrated optical waveguide amplifiers are presented. Both steady-state and dynamic characteristics of rare earth doped crystal thin film waveguide have been analyzed. Nd/sup 3+/ ion doped crystal waveguides are used for the amplification of light signals in the 1.06 /spl mu/m band and Er/sup 3+/ doped waveguides are considered in the 1.55 /spl mu/m band. The optical properties such as loss, fluorescence and absorption spectra have been investigated which determine the gain characteristics of the amplifier. The experimental results and future directions are also presented.

Keywords

erbium; fluorescence; integrated optics; neodymium; optical communication equipment; optical losses; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; 1.06 micron; 1.55 micron; Er/sup 3+/ ion doped waveguides; Nd/sup 3+/ ion doped waveguides; absorption spectra; dynamic characteristics; fluorescence spectra; gain characteristics; high bit rate signals; integrated optical waveguide amplifiers; loss; optical properties; rare earth doped crystal thin film waveguide; steady-state characteristics; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Integrated optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical films; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 1996. MWP '96. Technical Digest., 1996 Internatonal Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Kyoto, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3129-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.1996.662082

Filename

662082