A composition-spread approach to developing novel materials for optical amplifiers

Author

Downey, K.E. ; van Dover, R.B. ; Bhagwat, A. ; Gaeta, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

The composition-spread approach provides a means for evaluating the maximum photoluminescence in new systems of erbium-containing oxides. Hundreds of combinations of zinc-, bismuth-, gadolinium-, and aluminum-substituted SiO₂ are evaluated; the Er:Zn-Ge-Si-O system is particularly promising.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; bismuth compounds; erbium; gadolinium compounds; germanium compounds; integrated optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical materials; photoluminescence; zinc compounds; BiAlSiO:Er; GdAlSiO:Er; ZnGeSiO:Er; composition-spread approach; erbium-containing oxides; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; integrated optical systems; optical amplifiers; optical communications technology; photoluminescence; Composite materials; Erbium; Fluorescence; Optical amplifiers; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Substrates; (130.3130) Integrated optics materials; (160.2540) Fluorescent and luminescent materials; (160.4670) Optical materials; (160.5690) Rare earth doped materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627730

Filename

4627730