1550 nm light amplification from erbium doped silica glass waveguide written by femtosecond laser pulses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5350, Issue , 2004, Pages 29-34

  Li, Yigang ^a   He, Zian ^a   Liu, Liying ^a   Xu, Lei ^a   Wang, Wencheng ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Erbium; Femtoscecond laser; Silica glass; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FUSED SILICA; IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; POLISHING; SCANNING;

FEMTOSECOND LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFICATION; MULTIPHONON ABSORPTION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 3543082175     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.532803     Document Type: Conference Paper

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