Integrated Al2O3:Er3+ zero-loss optical amplifier and power splitter with 40 nm bandwidth

J. Bradley, Remco Stoffer, Arjen Bakker, L. Agazzi, F. Ay, Kerstin Worhoff, Markus Pollnau

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    Abstract

    A combined planar lossless optical amplifier and 1x2 power splitter device has been realized in Al2O3:Er3+ on silicon. Net internal gain was measured over a wavelength range of 40 nm across the complete telecom -band (1525–1565 nm). Calculations predict net gain in a combined amplifier and 1x4 power splitter device over the same wavelength range for a total injected pump power as low as 30 mW.
    Original languageUndefined
    Article number10.1109/LPT.2009.2037927
    Pages (from-to)278-280
    Number of pages3
    JournalIEEE photonics technology letters
    Volume22
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2010

    Keywords

    • optical amplifier
    • integrated waveguide device
    • EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP6/017501
    • EWI-17538
    • Erbium
    • METIS-275570
    • IR-70074
    • Aluminum oxide
    • Integrated Optics
    • IOMS-APD: Active Photonic Devices

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