Title :
Erbium doped Tellurium dioxide planar waveguide amplifiers with 2.8dB/cm internal gain
Author :
Vu, Khu ; Madden, Steve
Author_Institution :
Laser Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
We report the first Erbium doped Tellurium dioxide single-mode waveguide amplifiers with net fibre to fibre gain, >;40nm gain bandwidth, and a record gain of 2.8dB/cm with 1480nm pumping. We also report the modeled potential gain of 5.4dB/cm for the same device when the amplifier is instead pumped at 980nm and show that higher gains still are within reach.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fabrication; optical fibre amplifiers; optical planar waveguides; optical pumping; tellurium compounds; TeO2:Er; optical pumping; planar waveguide amplifier; wavelength 1480 nm; wavelength 980 nm; Erbium; Films; Gain; Glass; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optimized production technology;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193899
