Ultra-low-threshold Er:Yb sol-gel microlaser on silicon

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 23265-23271

  Hsu, Hsiu Sheng ^a   Cai, Can ^b   Armani, Andrea M ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SOL-GELS; YTTERBIUM;

BIOCHEMICAL DETECTION; DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP; LASING THRESHOLD; OPTIMIZED DEVICES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SILICON SUBSTRATES; ULTRA-LOW THRESHOLD; YTTERBIUM DOPING;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

ERBIUM; SILICON; YTTERBIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; PHASE TRANSITION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ERBIUM; LASERS; MINIATURIZATION; PHASE TRANSITION; SILICON; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 72049089878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.023265     Document Type: Article

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