Title :
Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped BK-7 glass optical amplifier
Author :
Wong, E.M.W. ; Man, S.Q. ; Pun, E.Y.B. ; Chung, Pil Seung
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Abstract :
Rare-earth doped Yb/Er BK-7 glass was fabricated and characterized. The photoluminescence (PL) intensity in these co-doped samples saturates at a Yb/Er ratio of 10, and the intensity increases by ~10 times compared to that of Er doped samples. The lifetime decreases as the Er concentration increases, for Yb/Er co-doped samples the lifetime is longer. Rare-earth doped glass amplifiers were fabricated by the ion-exchange process, and a net gain of 2.2 dB/cm at a pump power of 110 mW was obtained
Keywords :
erbium; ion exchange; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical planar waveguides; photoluminescence; waveguide lasers; ytterbium; Er concentration; Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped BK-7 glass; Yb/Er ratio; ion-exchange; optical amplifier; photoluminescence intensity; planar waveguide lasers; Absorption; Erbium; Glass; Optical amplifiers; Optical coupling; Optical films; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE Hong Kong
Conference_Location :
Shatin
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5648-9
DOI :
10.1109/HKEDM.1999.836400
