OPTICAL AND STRUCTURAL-PROPERTIES OF ER3-DOPED P2O5-SIO2 AND AL(2)0(3)-SIO2 PLANAR WAVE-GUIDES()

Authors
HATTORI K KITAGAWA T SHUTO K OGUMA M OHMORI Y
Citation
K. Hattori et al., OPTICAL AND STRUCTURAL-PROPERTIES OF ER3-DOPED P2O5-SIO2 AND AL(2)0(3)-SIO2 PLANAR WAVE-GUIDES(), Materials science & engineering. B, Solid-state materials for advanced technology, 54(1-2), 1998, pp. 15-17
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Materials science & engineering. B, Solid-state materials for advanced technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09215107
Volume
54
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
15 - 17
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-5107(1998)54:1-2<15:OASOEP>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Er3+-doped P2O5-SiO2 planar waveguides, fabricated by flame hydrolysis deposition, are shown to have a higher gain than Er3+-doped Al2O3-SiO 2 planar waveguides, fabricated by plasma enhanced chemical vapor depo sition. An optical absorption measurement reveals that the high gain o f Er3+-doped P2O5-SiO2 waveguides is due to a high population inversio n. These optical properties are related to the homogeneity of the wave guide-core glasses which were analyzed with a scanning electron micros cope. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.