Title :
Giant gain in a rare-earth-ion-doped waveguide
Author :
Geskus, D. ; Aravazhi, S. ; Garcia-Blanco, S.M. ; Pollnau, M.
Author_Institution :
Integrated Opt. Microsyst. Group, Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Abstract :
We report the demonstration of an ultra-high modal gain of ~1000 dB/cm in a RE-doped waveguide amplifier, comparable to or even exceeding the modal gain reported for SOAs, thus paving the way for applications of on-chip integrated RE-doped amplifiers.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; rare earth alloys; giant gain; rare-earth-ion-doped waveguide; ultra-high modal gain; waveguide amplifier; Microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943145
