Femtosecond laser written optical waveguide amplifier in phospho-tellurite glass

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 20289-20297

  Toney Fernandez, T ^a   Eaton, S M ^a   Della Valle, G ^a   Martinez Vazquez, R ^a   Irannejad, M ^b   Jose, G ^b   Jha, A ^b   Cerullo, G ^a   Osellame, R ^a   Laporta, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVEGUIDES;

FEMTO-SECOND LASER; HIGH REPETITION RATE; NET GAIN; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIERS; PHOSPHO-TELLURITE GLASS; TELECOM BANDS;

GLASS LASERS;

GLASS; PHOSPHORUS; TELLURIUM; TELLUROUS ACID;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLASS; LASERS; PHOSPHORUS; REFRACTOMETRY; TELLURIUM;

EID: 77956989238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.020289     Document Type: Article

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