Title :
Chalcohalide glasses doped with Dy/sup 3+/ for fiber-optic amplifiers at 1.3 /spl mu/m wavelength
Author :
Jong Heo ; Yong Beom Shin ; Hyoun Soo Kim
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Pohang Inst. of Sci. & Technol., South Korea
fDate :
Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
Abstract :
This paper reports the enhanced lifetime and quantum efficiency of 1.3 /spl mu/m emission from Dy/sup 3+/. Addition of CsBr into Ge-Ga-S glasses showed lifetime increase of more than 50 times compared to Ge-Ga-S glasses. Quantum efficiency increased to 100%.
Keywords :
caesium compounds; chalcogenide glasses; dysprosium; fluorescence; gallium compounds; germanium compounds; halide glasses; optical fibre amplifiers; optical glass; radiative lifetimes; 1.3 micron; Dy/sup 3+/ doped; GaGeS-CsBr:Dy; amplification efficiency; chalcohalide glasses; emission spectra; enhanced lifetime; fiber-optic amplifiers; multiphonon relaxation rates; quantum efficiency; Doped fiber amplifiers; Electrons; Fluorescence; Glass; Optical fiber communication; Phonons; Silicon compounds; Solids; Stimulated emission; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul, South Korea
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5661-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811395
