Characterization of ion-exchanged waveguides in tungsten tellurite and zinc tellurite Er3+-doped glasses

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2805-2811

  Nunzi Conti, G ^a,b   Tikhomirov, V K ^c   Bettinelli, M ^d   Berneschi, S ^b   Brenci, M ^b   Chen, B ^e   Pelli, S ^b   Speghini, A ^d  

^a CEO Centro di Eccellenza Optronica   (Italy)

^b IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Er3+ doped glass; Er3+ doped waveguide amplifiers; Ion exchange; Optical waveguides; Tellurite glass

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; GLASS; LIGHT EMISSION; POSITIVE IONS; PRISMS; SODIUM; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ERBIUM DOPED WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIER; ION EXCHANGE WAVEGUIDE; PRISM COUPLING TECHNIQUE; TUNGSTEN TELLURITE; ZINC TELLURITE;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0345377868     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1604782     Document Type: Article

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