Fabrication of an erbium–ytterbium-doped waveguide amplifier at communication wavelengths for integrated optics applications

Abstract

Article Highlights Fabrication of an optical waveguide amplifier with low loss for an integrated optics applications. Using cost effective sol–gel method and accessible equipments (avoiding expensive sputtering methods). Achieving final net gain of 2 dB for the waveguide in the telecommunication wavelengths.

Keywords

• Erbium-doping
• On-chip signal amplification
• Integrated optics
• Micro-ring resonator waveguide amplifiers