Hybrid Si 3N 4-Er/Yb silicate waveguides for amplifier application

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 900-902

  Wang, Lei ^a   Guo, Ruimin ^a,b   Wang, Bing ^a   Wang, Xingjun ^a   Zhou, Zhiping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Er Yb silicate; erbium doped waveguide amplifiers (EDWAs); hybrid waveguide; Si 3N 4; signal enhancement; upconversion

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE UPCONVERSION; EMISSION CROSS SECTION; ENERGY LEVEL MODEL; ER CONCENTRATIONS; ERBIUM DOPED WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIER; HYBRID WAVEGUIDES; LOW LOSS; PROPAGATION LOSS; SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT; SILICATE FILM; UP-CONVERSION; WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE;

ERBIUM; HYBRID MATERIALS; SILICATES; SILICON;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84860275003     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2190276     Document Type: Article

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