Nd-doped polymer waveguide amplifiers
| Autor: | Jing Yang, Markus Pollnau, Alfred Driessen, Mart Diemeer, Gabriel Sengo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Materials science
Energy transfer upconversion business.industry Amplifier Net optical gain Polymer channel waveguide amplifier chemistry.chemical_element Rate equation Condensed Matter Physics Waveguide (optics) Neodymium Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Photon upconversion n/a OA procedure Optical pumping Nd-complex Optics Energy-transfer upconversion chemistry Net gain Optoelectronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering IOMS-APD: Active Photonic Devices business |
| Zdroj: | IEEE journal of quantum electronics, 46(7), 1043-1050. IEEE |
| ISSN: | 0018-9197 |
| Popis: | Nd3+-complex-doped polymer channel waveguide amplifiers with various lengths and Nd3+ concentrations are fabricated by a simple procedure. Internal net gain at 840-950 nm and 1064 nm is experimentally and theoretically investigated under continuous-wave excitation at 800 nm. Internal net gain in the range 865-930 nm is observed and a peak gain of 2.8 dB at 873 nm is obtained in a 1.9-cm-long waveguide with a Nd3+ concentration of 0.6 × 1020 cm-3 at a launched pump power of 25 mW. The small-signal gain measured in a 1-cm-long sample with a Nd3+ concentration of 1.03 × 1020 cm-3 is 2.0 dB/cm and 5.7 dB/cm at 873 nm and 1064 nm, respectively. By use of a rate-equation model, the internal net gain at these two wavelengths is calculated and the macroscopic parameter of energy-transfer upconversion as a function of Nd3+ concentration is derived. Ease of fabrication, compatibility with other materials, and low cost make such rare-earth-ion-doped polymer waveguide amplifiers suitable for providing gain in many integrated optical devices. |
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