Optimization of an er-doped silica glass optical waveguide amplifier

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1680-1684

  Snoeks, Edwin ^a,b,c   Van Den Hoven, Gerlas N ^a,b,c,d   Polman, Albert ^b,c,e  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CALCULATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING GLASS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICA;

OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION; WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030244207     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.535374     Document Type: Article

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