@inproceedings{26021af9cf1246ce9780934c3cdf12f8,
title = "Giant gain in a rare-earth-ion-doped waveguide",
abstract = "The high dopant concentration, large transition cross-section, and strong light confinement in a large-refractive-index-contrast KGd0.535Yb0.475(WO4)2 channel waveguide on a KY(WO4)2 substrate enable the demonstration of a modal gain of ~1000 dB/cm in a rare-earth-ion-doped material.",
keywords = "IR-77576, EWI-20269, IOMS-APD: Active Photonic Devices, METIS-277687",
author = "D. Geskus and S. Aravazhi and {Garc{\'i}a Blanco}, {Sonia Maria} and Markus Pollnau",
note = "Online Conference Digest Paper CJ2.5 ; European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the XIIth European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO{\textregistered}/Europe-EQEC) 2009, CLEO-Europe/EQEC 2011 ; Conference date: 22-05-2011 Through 26-05-2011",
year = "2011",
month = may,
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-4577-0532-8",
series = "Online Conference Digest",
publisher = "Optical Society of America",
pages = "Paper CJ2.5",
booktitle = "Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Europe",
}