Excitation quenching in Er3-doped Al2O3 amplifiers

Agazzi, L. and Wörhoff, K. and Pollnau, M. (2011) Excitation quenching in Er3-doped Al2O3 amplifiers. In: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/Europe, 22-26 May 2011, Munich, Germany.

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Abstract:	Spectroscopic investigations in Al2O3:Er waveguides demonstrate that fast quenching of a fraction of ions - undetected in typical lumescence decay measurements - limits the amplifier performance. With optimized parameters 3 dB/cm net gain is feasible.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Copyright:	© 2011 Optical Society of America
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Integrated Optical MicroSystems (IOMS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/77571
Official URL:	http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=CLEO/Europe-2011-CE3_4
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