Continuous-wave broadband emitter based on a transition-metal-ion-doped waveguide

Pollnau, M. and Salathé, R.P. and Bhutta, T. and Shepherd, D.P. and Eason, R.W. (2001) Continuous-wave broadband emitter based on a transition-metal-ion-doped waveguide. Optics Letters, 26 (5). pp. 283-285. ISSN 0146-9592

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Abstract:	We demonstrate the suitability of a simple continuous-wave-pumped transition-metal-ion-doped waveguide as a broadband light source in the wavelength region 600–1000 nm for interferometric applications. Spatially coherent (single mode in the confined direction), spectrally broadband (~130-nm FWHM) luminescence with output powers of several hundreds of microwatts is obtained from a Ti:sapphire planar waveguide with incident pump powers from an Ar-ion laser of up to 1 W. This result represents an increase in power by several orders of magnitude from previously reported simple broadband light sources in this wavelength range.
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Copyright:	© 2001 Optical Society of America
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/70091
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.26.000283
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