Novel Glass Hosts for Integrated Planar Amplifiers in the Optical Communication Window (1200 - 1700 nm)

Author

Jose, Gin ; Nandi, Purnananda ; Shen, Shoxiang ; Zhang, Jian ; Jha, Animesh

Author_Institution

Univ. of Leeds, Leeds

Volume

2

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

284

Lastpage

287

Abstract

Developing new glass compositions suitable for broad band amplification in the 1200- 1700 nm wavelength region is important for the future optical communication systems. In this paper we review the results of our research on Bi ion doped glasses as well as rare earth ions Tm and Er-doped glasses. Of particular importance is the application of the glasses for short fibre devices and integrated waveguide devices fabrication using femtosecond laser writing. The host glass compositions reported are silicates and tellurites.

Keywords

optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; Bi ion doped glasses; broad band amplification; femtosecond laser writing; integrated planar amplifiers; integrated waveguide devices fabrication; optical communication window; short fibre devices; wavelength 1200 nm to 1700 nm; Bismuth; Glass; Optical amplifiers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Windows; Broadband amplifiers; Laser writing; Optical fibres; Rare earth doped glasses;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296205

Filename

4296205