Title :
An active add-drop filter using an ytterbium and erbium co-doped silica microsphere
Author :
Monifi, Faraz ; Ozdemir, Sahin Kaya ; Lan Yang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Washington Univ. in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
Abstract :
We have fabricated an active add-drop filter (ADF) using an erbium-ytterbium co-doped microsphere resonator and have achieved 25-fold Q-enhancement, 4-fold increase in efficiency and crosstalk of 2%. This ADF provides equal add and drop efficiencies.
Keywords :
Q-factor; erbium; optical crosstalk; optical fabrication; optical filters; ytterbium; ADF; Q-enhancement; active add-drop filter; crosstalk; erbium-ytterbium codoped microsphere resonator; Laser excitation; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Ports (Computers); Resonator filters; Silicon compounds; Surface emitting lasers; Add-drop filter; active resonator; microcavity; optical resonator; whispering gallery;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656510
