• DocumentCode
    3005964
  • Title

    All Taper Coupled Novel Fluoride Glass Microspherical Light Source for Microphotonics

  • Author

    O´Shea, Danny G. ; Ward, Jonathan M. ; Shortt, Brian J. ; Chormaic, Síle Nic

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Univ. of Ireland, Cork
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We theoretically study and experimentally demonstrate a novel fibered multicolor light source in the range 320-850 nm in Er3+ doped ZBLALiP and 405-850 nm in Er3+ doped ZBNA fluoride glass microspheres.
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; barium compounds; erbium; fibre lasers; fluorescence; fluoride glasses; glass fibres; lanthanum compounds; light sources; lithium compounds; micro-optics; optical fibre couplers; optical glass; photoluminescence; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; C-band lasing operation; ZBLALiP; ZBNA fluoride glass microspheres; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-LiF-PbF2:Er3+; ZrF4-BaF2-NaF-AlF3:Er3+; fibered multicolor light source; fluorescence emissions; fluoride glass microspherical light source; microphotonics applications; wavelength 320 nm to 850 nm; Fluorescence; Glass; Laser modes; Light sources; Microcavities; Optical coupling; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Physics; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452653
  • Filename
    4452653