Molecular homogeneity in erbium-doped sol-gel waveguide amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 805-814

  Laliotis, Athanasios ^a   Yeatman, Eric M ^a   Ahmad, Munir M ^a   Huang, Weibin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erbium; Integrated optics; Optical waveguide components; Sol gel; Waveguide amplifiers

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ERBIUM; HEAT TREATMENT; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SOL-GELS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ERBIUM-DOPED SOL GEL WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE CONSOLIDATION; MOLECULAR HOMOGENEITY; SILICA-ON-SILICON WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIERS; YTTERBIUM SENSITIZED WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 3042639768     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.828272     Document Type: Article

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