Abstract
The influence of migration-accelerated energy-transfer upconversion and fast luminescence quenching on the performance of Al2O3:Er3+ waveguide amplifiers is investigated. Results indicate that the latter has the stronger impact on the amplifier small-signal gain.
© 2012 Optical Society of America
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