• DocumentCode
    2329397
  • Title

    Miniature erbium doped planar optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Polman, A.

  • Author_Institution
    FOM Inst. for Atomic & Molecular Phys., Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    632
  • Abstract
    Three new erbium-doped planar optical amplifier concepts are demonstrated: Eu and Yb co-doping to increase the gain; Si nanocrystals as sensitizers to replace the pump laser by a broad-band light source; and electrical pumping in a rare earth doped electroluminescent polymer.
  • Keywords
    electroluminescent devices; erbium; nanostructured materials; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; semiconductor quantum dots; Al2O3:Er; Si; SiO2; broadband light source; electrical pumping; erbium-doped amplifiers; miniature erbium doped planar optical amplifiers; nanocrystals; polymer waveguide amplifiers; quantum dots; rare earth doped electroluminescent polymer; sensitizers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laser excitation; Nanocrystals; Optical amplifiers; Optical polymers; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6705-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2001.989141
  • Filename
    989141
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2329397