Polymer waveguide incorporated with europium-aluminum polymer composite for compact and high-gain optical amplification devices

Yurie Yoshida, Toshimi Fukui, Takaaki Ishigure

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Abstract

We fabricate polymer waveguides incorporated with europium-aluminum (Eu-Al) polymer composite with a simple procedure named the Mosquito method utilizing a micro-dispenser. Under a coaxial excitation condition, an optical gain as high as 15.7 dB is observed at 616-nm wavelength for a 4.9-cm long waveguide. Furthermore, the fabricated waveguides with different lengths exhibit higher gains as their lengths increase, even under repeated high-power excitations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2017
PublisherOptica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
ISBN (Print)9781509062904
Publication statusPublished - 2017
EventConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2017 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 2017 Jul 312017 Aug 4

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
VolumePart F122-CLEOPR 2017
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Other

OtherConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2017
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period17/7/3117/8/4

Keywords

  • Amplification
  • Coaxial excitation
  • Polymer waveguide
  • Rare-earth-metal polymer composite
  • The Mosquito method

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Mechanics of Materials

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