We report the realization and performance of a distributed feedback channel waveguide laser in erbium-doped aluminum oxide on a standard thermally oxidized silicon substrate. The diode-pumped continuous-wave laser demonstrated a threshold of 2.2 mW absorbed pump power and a maximum output power of more than 3 mW with a slope efficiency of 41.3% versus absorbed pump power. Single-longitudinal-mode and single-polarization operation was achieved with an emission linewidth of 1.70+/-0.58 kHz (corresponding to a Q factor of 1.14 x 10(11)), which was centered at a wavelength of 1545.2 nm.
Spiral-waveguide amplifiers in erbium-doped aluminum oxide on a silicon wafer are fabricated and characterized. Spirals of several lengths and four different erbium concentrations are studied experimentally and theoretically. A maximum internal net gain of 20 dB in the small-signal-gain regime is measured at the peak emission wavelength of 1532 nm for two sample configurations with waveguide lengths of 12.9 cm and 24.4 cm and concentrations of 1.92 × 10(20) cm(-3) and 0.95 × 10(20) cm(-3), respectively. The noise figures of these samples are reported. Gain saturation as a result of increasing signal power and the temperature dependence of gain are studied.
High-quality crystalline KY(WO 4 ) 2 :Yb 3+ layers codoped with large concentrations of optically inert Gd 3+ and Lu 3+ ions were grown by liquid phase epitaxy. Continuous-wave laser operation in a planar waveguide configuration was observed at 1025 nm. For 23% output coupling, a maximum output power of 195 mW was obtained; a slope efficiency of 82.3% was derived, which to the best of our knowledge is the highest value yet reported for a planar waveguide laser to date. For 1.7% output coupling, a laser threshold as low as 18 mW of absorbed pump power was achieved, which is largely due to the enhanced refractive index contrast of ∼ 7.5×10−3 between the active layer and the undoped KY(WO 4)2 substrate attained by the co-doping, leading to well-confined pump and laser modes. Laser output power as function of absorbed pump power for various mirror transmissions
We report the fabrication and characterization of a dual-wavelength distributed-feedback channel waveguide laser in ytterbium-doped aluminum oxide. Operation of the device is based on the optical resonances that are induced by two local phase shifts in the distributed-feedback structure. A stable microwave signal at ~15 GHz with a -3 dB width of 9 kHz was subsequently created via the heterodyne photodetection of the two laser wavelengths. The long-term frequency stability of the microwave signal produced by the free-running laser is better than ±2.5 MHz, while the power of the microwave signal is stable within ±0.35 dB.
We report the fabrication and performance of a highly efficient, monolithic distributed-Bragg-reflector channel waveguide laser in ytterbium-doped aluminum oxide. The 1 cm long device was fabricated on a standard thermally oxidized silicon substrate and was optically pumped with a 976 nm laser diode. Single-longitudinal-mode and single-polarization operation was achieved at a wavelength of 1021.2 nm. Continuous-wave output powers of up to 47 mW and a launched pump power threshold of 10 mW resulted in a slope efficiency of 67%.
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