Ytterbium-doped silica slab waveguide with large nonlinearity

被引:10
作者
Wu, B [1 ]
Chu, PL [1 ]
Arkwright, J [1 ]
机构
[1] SIEMENS LTD,BAYSWATER,VIC 3121,AUSTRALIA
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
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10.1109/68.477279
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We report an experimental investigation of the nonlinear refractive index change of a highly ytterbium-doped silica slab waveguide. It is found that a negative index change of 2 x 10(-4) can be obtained at pump power of 350 mW and it is predicted that this could be reduced to about 30 mW by optimizing the experimental conditions.
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页码:1450 / 1452
页数:3
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