Giant optical gain in rare-earth-ion-doped thin films and waveguides

Geskus, D. and Aravazhi, S. and Garcia Blanco, S.M. and Pollnau, M. (2011) Giant optical gain in rare-earth-ion-doped thin films and waveguides. In: International Quantum Electronics Conference and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, 28 August - 1 September 2011, Sydney, Australia.

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Abstract:	In a rare-earth-ion-doped double tungstate channel waveguide amplifier, we demonstrate an ultra-high modal gain of 950 dB/cm, two order of magnitude higher than in other rare-earth-ion-doped materials and comparable to modal gain in semiconductors.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Integrated Optical MicroSystems (IOMS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/77971
Conference URL:	http://www.iqec-cleopr2011.com/
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