Yb/Al-codoped fused-silica planar-waveguide amplifier

Gil Atar*, David Eger, Ariel Bruner, Bruno Sfez, Shlomo Ruschin

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Abstract

We report an Yb/Al-codoped fused silica planar waveguide amplifier with <0.2 dB/cm passive loss and 0.6 dB/cm gain, featuring a high damage threshold (>0.1 GW/cm2) and a relatively large core (20 μm thick). Waveguide fabrication is based on a novel silica-on-silica technology combining modified-chemical-vapor deposition and a high temperature CO2 laser treatment for making high-power photonic devices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)49-54
Number of pages6
JournalOptical Materials
Volume55
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2016

Keywords

  • Laser heat treatment
  • Optical gain
  • Optical transmittance
  • Rare-earth doped silica
  • Slab waveguide

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