The present invention provides a solar-pumped active device which utilizes
a holographic antenna grating on a solar energy silicon substrate to
select specific diffracted wavelength and couple pump wavelength in an
approximately vertical way and converge the pump wavelength to excite an
optical gain medium so that an optical amplifier or a laser can be
obtained. The present invention requires no big size and is flexible over
the surface shape and is suitable for free space optical communications
on the ground and satellite optical communications. It means that the
holographic antenna grating can be applied on the top floor of a building
or on the glass surface of an outer wall. If it is applied to a
satellite, the present invention can be deposited on a solar energy cell
substrate to form a high optical amplification so that not only the
electricity required in satellite optical communications can be reduced,
but also a high-speed and large capacity of data can be transferred
between satellites.