Fabrication and characterization of optical planar waveguides activated by erbium ions for 1.5 μm applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5451, Issue , 2004, Pages 574-584

  Chiasera, Alessandro ^a   Ferrari, Maurizio ^a   Zampedri, Luca ^a,c   Mattarelli, Maurizio ^b   Montagna, Maurizio ^b   Portales, Hervé ^b   Tosello, Cristiana ^b   Diré, Sandra ^c   Pelli, Stefano ^d   Righini, Giancarlo C ^d  

^a IFN CNR   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d IFAC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channel waveguides; Erbium; Luminescence; Optical properties; Rf sputtering waveguides; Silica hafhia; Silica titania; Sol gel planar waveguides; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICA; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM; YTTERBIUM;

CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; RF SPUTTERING WAVEGUIDES; SILICA-HAFNIA; SILICA-TITANIA; SOL-GEL PLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 19944430871     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.549920     Document Type: Conference Paper

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