• DocumentCode
    610509
  • Title

    Low-loss erbium activated silica-tin oxide planar waveguides

  • Author

    Guddala, Sriram ; Bhaktha, S.N.B. ; Armellini, Cristina ; Chiappini, Andrea ; Tran, Top V. ; Turrell, S. ; Righini, Giancarlo C. ; Ferrari, Mauro ; Rao, D.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    9-12 Dec. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    New classes of erbium-doped silica-based planar waveguides are fabricated by the uniform deposition of photorefractive, low-phonon energy SnO2 with 25% maximum molar composition. The optical properties reveal low attenuation coefficient of 0.5±0.2 dB/cm at 1.54μm.
  • Keywords
    erbium; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; photorefractive materials; silicon compounds; tin compounds; SiO2:Er-SnO2; attenuation coefficient; erbium-doped silica-based planar waveguides; low-loss erbium activated silica-tin oxide planar waveguide; molar composition; optical properties; photorefractive low-phonon energy tin oxide; wavelength 1.54 mum;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chennai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4718-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6545452