THE EFFECT OF PAIR-INDUCED ENERGY-TRANSFER ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SILICA WAVE-GUIDE AMPLIFIERS WITH HIGH ER3+ YB3+ CONCENTRATIONS/

Authors
FEDERIGHI M DIPASQUALE F
Citation
M. Federighi et F. Dipasquale, THE EFFECT OF PAIR-INDUCED ENERGY-TRANSFER ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SILICA WAVE-GUIDE AMPLIFIERS WITH HIGH ER3+ YB3+ CONCENTRATIONS/, IEEE photonics technology letters, 7(3), 1995, pp. 303-305
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
303 - 305
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1995)7:3<303:TEOPEO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
High-concentration Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped silica waveguide amplifiers are numerically analyzed, With optimized rare-earth concentrations the eff ect of Er3+/Er3+ ion-pairs can be neglected and each Er3+ ion be assum ed to be paired only to the surrounding Yb3+ ions, The rate-equations model includes uniform upconversion mechanisms from I-4(13/2) and I-4( 11/2) erbium levels and an Yb3+ to Er3+ pair-induced energy transfer p rocess. Numerical results demonstrate the possibility of fabricating s hort- and high-gain integrated optical amplifiers; it is shown that ne t gain as high as 3 dB/cm can be obtained.