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Low Phonon Concentration Lasing Glasses for 1.3 μm Amplification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

M. Mennig ,
F. Groß ,
I. Lang ,
U. Sohling  and
H. Schmidt
M. Mennig
Affiliation:
Institute for New Materials, GmbH, Im Stadtwald 43, 66123 Saarbrucken,Germany
F. Groß
Affiliation:
Institute for New Materials, GmbH, Im Stadtwald 43, 66123 Saarbrucken,Germany
I. Lang
Affiliation:
Institute for New Materials, GmbH, Im Stadtwald 43, 66123 Saarbrucken,Germany
U. Sohling
Affiliation:
Institute for New Materials, GmbH, Im Stadtwald 43, 66123 Saarbrucken,Germany
H. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Institute for New Materials, GmbH, Im Stadtwald 43, 66123 Saarbrucken,Germany
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Abstract

Ge-Ga-S-glasses doped with 15000 mole-ppm Pr3+ have been developed for applications in optical amplifiers for 1.3 μm. The formation of crystalline phase separations in Ge 25 Ga10 S65could be suppressed by modification of the glass composition with Sb. Samples have been prepared by melting in sealed silica ampoules at 950°C. Ge-Ga-Sb-S-glasses, doped with 15000 mole ppm Pr3+, were synthesized by addition of Sb2S3up to contents of 14.3 mole% to the composition Ge25,Ga10S65. (corresponding to 83,3GeS2-16,7Ga2S3) or by replacing up to 50 mole% of Ga by Sb. Transparent to opaque glasses were obtained which were free from crystalline phase separations. The modification of the glasses with Sb leads to a remarkable decrease of the transformation temperature of the glasses. However, the temperature working range remains almost unaffected. The transparent glasses exhibit with 15 – 18 μs the same fluorescence lifetimes and the same fluorescence maximum position (1340– 1341 nm) and FWHM (63 μm) as the unmodified Ge-Ga-S-glass. The preparation process for both glass systems could be optimized to obtain monoliths with lengths of several centimeters and intrin- sic optical losses of only 0.05 dB/cm at 1.3 μm (after correction of reflection), which is of very high importance for the future development of planar amplifiers with remarkable net gain.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 560: Symposium E – Luminescent Materials , 1999 , 139
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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