Near infrared distributed feedback lasers based on LDS dye-doped zirconia-organically modified silicate channel waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1643-1650

  Chen, Fei ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Ye, Chao ^a   Ni, Weihai ^a   Chan, Jacklynn ^a   Yang, Yu ^a   Lo, Dennis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); INFRARED RADIATION; LASERS; SOL-GELS; ZIRCONIA;

DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK; GAIN MODULATION; MARCATILI'S THEORY; ORGANICALLY MODIFIED SILICATE (ORMSIL) MATERIALS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 17444403986     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001643     Document Type: Article

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