Title :
Rare earth chromophores for polymer optical waveguide amplifiers
Author :
Koeppen, C. ; Gao, R. ; Yamada, S. ; Garito, A.F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
One promising candidate for amplification of the many we have studied is Sm(HFFA)4NEt4 in PMMA-d8 operating at 650 nm. The metastable state lifetime and emission cross-section for this system are found to be 194 μs and 4.5×10 -21 cm2 respectively. These optical properties have been used to numerically simulate the performance of corresponding thin film waveguide amplifiers
Keywords :
laser transitions; metastable states; optical films; optical polymers; optical waveguides; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; 194 mus; 650 nm; PMMA-d8; Sm(HFFA)4NEt4; emission cross-section; metastable state lifetime; numerically simulate; optical properties; rare earth chromophore polymer optical waveguide amplifiers; thin film waveguide amplifiers; Absorption; Metastasis; Optical amplifiers; Optical films; Optical polymers; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645403
