Internal gain from an erbium-doped oxyfluoride-silicate glass waveguide fabricated using femtosecond waveguide inscription

Author

Thomson, Robert R. ; Bookey, Henry T. ; Psaila, Nicholas ; Campbell, Stuart ; Reid, Derryck T. ; Shen, Shaoxiong ; Jha, Animesh ; Kar, Ajoy K.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK

Volume

18

Issue

14

fYear

2006

fDate

7/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1515

Lastpage

1517

Abstract

A channel waveguide is fabricated inside an erbium-doped oxyfluoride silicate glass sample using femtosecond pulses in the low repetition rate regime. The waveguide cross section is controlled using the multiscan fabrication technique. The 1.85-cm-long waveguide exhibits a total background insertion loss of 4.3 dB when coupled to Corning SMF-28 fibers. Under the maximum available pump power, the device exhibits an internal gain of 1.7 dB at 1537 nm.

Keywords

erbium; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical fabrication; optical fibres; optical glass; optical losses; optical pumping; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; 1.7 dB; 1.85 cm; 1537 nm; Corning SMF-28 fibers; OF₂SiO₄; OF₂SiO₄:Er; background insertion loss; channel waveguide; erbium-doped oxyfluoride-silicate glass; erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers; femtosecond pulses; femtosecond waveguide inscription; internal gain; low repetition rate regime; multiscan fabrication technique; optical pump power; waveguide cross section; waveguide fabrication; Erbium; Glass; Integrated optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical device fabrication; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; Femtosecond waveguide inscription; integrated optics; optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.877591

Filename

1644792