Title :
Recent Advances in Polymer Lasers and Optical Amplifiers
Author :
Vasdekis, A.E. ; Tsiminis, G. ; Amarasinghe, D. ; Ruseckas, A. ; Goossens, M. ; Faolain, L.O. ; Krauss, T.F. ; Turnbull, G.A. ; Samuel, I.D.W.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews
Abstract :
Advanced polymer photonic devices are reported. These include a directly diode-pumped polymer laser, a femtosecond polymer laser, and a broadband solid state polymer optical amplifier.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; solid lasers; broadband optical amplifier; directly diode-pumped; femtosecond polymer laser; polymer lasers; polymer optical amplifier; polymer photonic devices; solid state optical amplifier; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical polymers; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453035
