• DocumentCode
    422097
  • Title

    Consolidation and homogeneity of sol-gel Er-doped waveguide amplifiers

  • Author

    Laliotis, A. ; Yeatman, E.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Imperial Coll. London, UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    This work presents evidence that extensive heat treatment on sol-gel waveguide amplifiers drastically reduces the levels of erbium ion inversion. Furthermore, porosity measurements are presented which indicate the optimum annealing conditions for glass consolidation.
  • Keywords
    annealing; erbium; integrated optics; optical glass; optical waveguides; porosity; sol-gel processing; SiO/sub 2/:Er; annealing; erbium ion inversion; glass consolidation; heat treatment; homogeneity; porosity; sol-gel Er-doped waveguide amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1361564
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=422097