Under investigation in this paper is an inhomogeneous nonlinear Schrödinger–Maxwell–Bloch system with variable dispersion and nonlinear effects, which describes the propagation of optical pulses in an inhomogeneous erbium-doped fiber. Under certain coefficient constraints, multi-soliton solutions are obtained by the Hirota method and symbolic computation. Evolution and interaction of the solito...

We report a direct experimental evidence of stimulated emission of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) at telecom wavelengths (1532 nm) with erbium doped glass as a gain medium. We observe an increase in the propagation length of signal surface plasmons when erbium ions are excited optically using pump SPP. The design, fabrication, and characterization of SPP waveguides, thin gold metal strips, e...

Erbium/ytterbium-dopped Y0.9Er0.1−xYbxVO4 samples with x = 0, 0.01, 0.05 and 0.09 were synthesized by hydrothermal synthesis at basic pH urea addition. For comparison purposes, another sample 0 was also prepared the solgel method. X-ray diffraction patterns indexed on basis to a tetragonal symmetry of space group I41/amd Z 4 compatible zircon-type, in good agreement FTIR spectra. Additionally, ...

Lasers represent a real quantum leap forward in the treatment of our patients, including the paediatric patient. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave approval for the use of the Er: YAG laser in 1997 for both hardand soft-tissue procedures. The erbium doped (erbium particles placed within the YAG crystal) crystal of Yttrium-AluminumGarnet’s (Er:YAG) development and success has made th...

This paper presents a study of multi-core erbium doped couplers as an alternative to conventional erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. The couplers can reduce the power unbalance between WDM channels along an optical communication link. Different configurations of couplers are analyzed and the influence of the number of cores is studied.

Erbium-doped aluminum oxide amplifiers with varying erbium concentration have been fabricated on thermally oxidized silicon substrates. Significant net internal gain of up to 1.6 dB/cm has been measured at 1533 nm for the optimum Er concentration. Furthermore, net gain has been demonstrated over a wavelength range of 40 nm, including the telecom C-band, demonstrating the potential for amplifier...

In this study, we report on the transient response of a passively mode-locked erbium fiber ring laser as studied by switching the optical pumping of the erbium doped fiber on and off. We confirm that the laser can maintain its mode-locking state even while the pump is modulated, and describe the laser behavior and its typical transient response upon abrupt changes in the intensity of the optica...

Lasing from an erbium-doped high-Q silica toroidal microcavity coupled to a tapered optical fiber is demonstrated and analyzed. Average erbium ion concentrations were in the range 0.009–0.09 at. %, and a threshold power as low as 4.5 mW and an output lasing power as high as 39.4 mW are obtained from toroidal cavities with major diameters in the range 25–80 mm. Controlling lasing wavelength in a...