• DocumentCode
    1323840
  • Title

    Optical waveguide amplifier in Nd-doped glass written with near-IR femtosecond laser pulses

  • Author

    Sikorski, Y. ; Said, A.A. ; Bado, P. ; Maynard, R. ; Florea, C. ; Winick, K.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Clark-MXR Inc., Dexter, MI, USA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2/3/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    226
  • Lastpage
    227
  • Abstract
    A near-IR (775 nm) femtosecond laser has been used to directly write a 1 cm long optical waveguide in Nd-doped silicate glass. A gain of 1.5 dB/cm was obtained at a signal wavelength of 1054 nm for ~346 mW of 514 nm pump power, in front of the input coupling objective
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; neodymium; optical fabrication; optical glass; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; 1054 nm; 150 fs; 250 Hz; 346 mW; 350 mW; 4 muJ; 514 nm; 775 nm; Nd-doped glass; Nd-doped silicate glass; gain; input coupling objective; near-IR femtosecond laser; near-IR femtosecond laser pulses; optical waveguide; optical waveguide amplifier; pump power; signal wavelength;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20000172
  • Filename
    836550