Title :
Active waveguide fabrication in erbium doped oxyfluoride-silicate glass using femtosecond pulses
Author :
Thomson, R.R. ; Campbell, S. ; Shen, S. ; Jha, A. ; Kar, A.K. ; Reid, D.T.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh
Abstract :
We demonstrate the potential for the fabrication of broadband erbium doped waveguide amplifiers (EDWAS) using femtosecond waveguide fabrication in erbium doped oxyfluoride-silicate glasses
Keywords :
erbium; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical waveguides; erbium doped oxyfluoride-silicate glass; erbium doped waveguide amplifiers; femtosecond pulses; waveguide fabrication; Erbium; Glass; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548189
