DocumentCode
452486
Title
Sensitized Erbium Doped Planar Optical Amplifiers
Author
Polman, A.
Author_Institution
FOM Inst. for Atomic & Molecular Phys., Amsterdam
Volume
4
fYear
2002
fDate
8-12 Sept. 2002
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
Three new sensitizing concepts are demonstrated to improve erbium-doped planar optical amplifiers: Si nanocrystals or Ag+ ions that both couple strongly to erbium ions and make the pump laser obsolete; and electrical pumping in a rare earth doped electroluminescent polymer
Keywords
electroluminescence; elemental semiconductors; erbium; nanostructured materials; optical fibre amplifiers; optical polymers; silicon; silver; Ag+; Ag+ ions; Si; Si nanocrystals; electrical pumping; erbium doped planar optical amplifiers; pump laser; rare earth doped electroluminescent polymer; sensitizing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN
87-90974-63-8
Type
conf
Filename
1601301
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