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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 2, 127(2020)

Erbium-doped TeO2-coated Si3N4 waveguide amplifiers with 5 dB net gain

Henry C. Frankis1、*, Hamidu M. Mbonde1, Dawson B. Bonneville1, Chenglin Zhang1, Richard Mateman2, Arne Leinse2, and Jonathan D. B. Bradley1
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  • 1Department of Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L7, Canada
  • 2LioniX International BV, Enschede AL 7500, The Netherlands
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    [1] Neetesh Singh, Hamidu M. Mbonde, Henry C. Frankis, Erich Ippen, Jonathan D. B. Bradley, Franz X. Kärtner, "Nonlinear silicon photonics on CMOS-compatible tellurium oxide," Photonics Res. 8, 1904 (2020)

    [2] Henry C. Frankis, Hamidu M. Mbonde, Dawson B. Bonneville, Chenglin Zhang, Richard Mateman, Arne Leinse, Jonathan D. B. Bradley, "Erbium-doped TeO2-coated Si3N4 waveguide amplifiers with 5 dB net gain: erratum," Photonics Res. 8, 1022 (2020)

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    Henry C. Frankis, Hamidu M. Mbonde, Dawson B. Bonneville, Chenglin Zhang, Richard Mateman, Arne Leinse, Jonathan D. B. Bradley, "Erbium-doped TeO2-coated Si3N4 waveguide amplifiers with 5 dB net gain," Photonics Res. 8, 127 (2020)

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    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Sep. 27, 2019

    Accepted: Nov. 25, 2019

    Published Online: Jan. 16, 2020

    The Author Email: Henry C. Frankis (frankihc@mcmaster.ca)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.8.000127

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