Broadband ~1.5μm Emission of Er³⁺ in Heavy Metal Germanium Tellurite Glasses for Optical Fiber Amplifier

Abstract:

In Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ codoped Na₂O-ZnO-PbO-GeO₂-TeO₂ (NZPGT) glasses, effective ~1.5mm infrared (IR) emission was investigated under 980nm excitation. Judd-Ofelt intensity parameters Wt (t = 2, 4, 6) had been calculated to be 6.78´10-20, 1.54´10-20, and 1.17´10-20cm2, respectively. The IR emission full width at half maximum (FWHM) is 73nm, and the maximum stimulated emission cross-section (se) is derived to be 7.53×10-21cm2. A figure of merit (FOM) as the product FWHM´se is adopted to evaluate the gain bandwidth. The comparison of FOM in different glasses indicated that Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ codoped NZPGT glasses were potential materials in developing broadband optical amplifier.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 299-300)
• Pages: 538-541
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.299-300.538
• Online since: July 2011
• Authors: Xiao Liu, Quan Shen, Hai Lin, Dian Lai Yang
• Keywords: Erbium, Infrared Emission, Optical Amplifier, Tellurite Glass

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