A Novel Bismuth-doped Soda-Lime-Silicate Glass as Ultra-Broadband Near-Infrared Gain Media

Author

Arai, Yusuke ; Suzuki, Takenobu ; Ohishi, Yasutake ; Morimoto, Shigeki

Author_Institution

Toyota Technol. Inst, Nagoya

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The optical emission characteristics of Bi-doped soda-lime-silicate glass is investigated in the near-infrared region. Results show an emission bandwidth FWHM as wide as 600 nm under 720 nm laser excitation. This is the widest emission bandwidth ever reported for bismuth-doped glass making it suitable for broadband amplifier and tunable laser applications.

Keywords

bismuth compounds; calcium compounds; optical glass; photoluminescence; sodium compounds; Na₂O-CaO-SiO₂-Bi₂O₃; bismuth-doped soda-lime-silicate glass; broadband amplifier; emission bandwidth FWHM; laser excitation; optical emission; tunable laser; ultrabroadband near-infrared gain media; wavelength 720 nm; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Ceramics industry; Fluorescence; Glass industry; Laser excitation; Materials science and technology; Stimulated emission; Toy industry; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386236

Filename

4386236