Title :
Planar waveguide laser in Er/Al-doped germanosilicate
Author :
Guldberg-Kjær, S. ; Hübner, J. ; Kristensen, M. ; Laurent-Lund, C. ; Poulsen, M. Rysholt ; Sckerl, M.W.
Author_Institution :
Mikroelektronik Centre, Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark
fDate :
2/18/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A singlemode DBR laser is demonstrated in an Er/Al-doped germanosilicate planar waveguide. 0.4 mW of output power has been obtained at 1.553 μm using internal Bragg reflectors produced by UV-induced index modulations
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; aluminium; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; erbium; germanate glasses; laser modes; optical modulation; optical planar waveguides; refractive index; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; 0.4 mW; 1.553 micrometre; GeO2-SiO2:Er,Al; UV-induced index modulations; germanosilicate glass; internal Bragg reflectors; output power; planar waveguide laser; singlemode DBR laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990191