Paper
5 April 2002 Signal enhancement in Er3+-doped telluride glass microsphere
Author Affiliations +
Abstract
Microstructure resonators have attracted considerable attention because of their versatility for signal processing applications. We use our Er3+ doped telluride glass to fabricate Er3+ glass microsphere. The excitation of whispering-gallery modes is realized by coupling from an angle-polished single-mode optical fiber tip to an optical microsphere cavity. In the experimental setup, one fiber was used as an input coupler and the other fiber was used as an output coupler. 975nm fiber pigtailed laser diode was used to side pump the microspheres. Very nice whispering-gallery modes (WGM's) near 1.5mm were observed successfully. Signal enhancement was observed in this Er3+ doped telluride glass microsphere with a radius around 50mm. The best enhancement of this Er3+ doped telluride glass microsphere reaches 12dB.
© (2002) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Xiang Peng, Feng Song, Shibin Jiang, Makoto Gonokami, and Nasser Peyghambarian "Signal enhancement in Er3+-doped telluride glass microsphere", Proc. SPIE 4645, Rare-Earth-Doped Materials and Devices VI, (5 April 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461650
Lens.org Logo
CITATIONS
Cited by 1 scholarly publication.
Advertisement
Advertisement
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission  Get copyright permission on Copyright Marketplace
KEYWORDS
Glasses

Optical pumping

Fiber couplers

Erbium

Optical amplifiers

Fiber coupled lasers

Single mode fibers

Back to Top