Optical gain in Er-Yb doped waveguides fabricated by femtosecond laser pulses
Optical gain in Er-Yb doped waveguides fabricated by femtosecond laser pulses
- Author(s): R. Osellame ; S. Taccheo ; G. Cerullo ; M. Marangoni ; D. Polli ; R. Ramponi ; P. Laporta ; S. De Silvestri
- DOI: 10.1049/el:20020649
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- Author(s): R. Osellame 1 ; S. Taccheo 1 ; G. Cerullo 1 ; M. Marangoni 1 ; D. Polli 1 ; R. Ramponi 1 ; P. Laporta 1 ; S. De Silvestri 1
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1: INFM, Dip. Fisica del Politecnico di Milano, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie del CNR, Milano, Italy
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Affiliations:
1: INFM, Dip. Fisica del Politecnico di Milano, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie del CNR, Milano, Italy
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Volume 38, Issue 17,
15 August 2002,
p.
964 – 965
DOI: 10.1049/el:20020649 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
Er-Yb doped waveguides at 1.5 µm fabricated by femtosecond laser pulses are reported. Demonstrated is a Gaussian mode-profile, low propagation loss and internal gain in a 25 mm-long waveguide used as the active element in a standard waveguide-amplifier setup.
Inspec keywords: optical fabrication; optical waveguides; high-speed optical techniques; erbium; waveguide lasers; optical losses; laser beams; ytterbium; laser modes
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Subjects: Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Solid lasers; Laser beam characteristics and interactions; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Lasing action in other solids; Ultrafast optical techniques; Optical waveguides; Optical waveguides and couplers
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