• 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