Constant fluorescence during phase grating formation and defect band bleaching in optical fibres under 5.1 eV laser exposure

Electronics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 1992, Pages 2210-2211

  Mizrahi, V ^a   Atkins, R M ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fibres; Photobleaching

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; LASER APPLICATIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DEFECT BAND BLEACHING; LASER-INDUCED BLEACHING; PHASE GRATING FORMATION; PHOTOBLEACHING;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0026954310     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19921420     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. YUEN, M. J.: ‘Ultraviolet absorption studies of germanosilicate glasses’, Appl. Opt., 1982, 21, (1), pp. 136-140
2. ATKINS, R. M., and MIZRAHI, V.: ‘Observations of changes in UV absorption bands of singlemode germanosilicate core optical fibres on writing and thermally erasing refractive index gratings’, Electron. Lett., 1992, 28, (18), pp. 1743-1744
3. WILLIAMS, D. L., et al.: ‘Direct observation of UV induced bleaching of 240 µm absorption band in photosensitive germanosilicate glass fibres’, Electron. Lett., 1992, 28, (4), pp. 369-371
4. NEUSTRUEV, V. B.: ‘Ultraviolet radiation-and y radiation-induced color centers in germanium-doped silica glass and fibres’, Fiber and Integrated Optics, 1982, 8, pp. 143-156 (and references therein)
5. ATKINS, R. M.: ‘Measurement of the ultraviolet absorption spectrum of optical fibers’, Opt. Lett., 1992,17, (7), pp. 469-471
6. SKUJA, L. N., TRUKHIN, A. N., and PLAUDIS, A. E.: ‘Luminescence in germanium-doped glassy SiO2’, Phys. Stat. Sol. [A), 1984, 84, pp. K153-K157
7. ATKINS, R. M.: ‘Measurement of reduced germania (GeO) defect levels in optical fibers by fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy’ NIST Special publication 702, ‘Tech. Dig. Symp. on Optical Fiber Measurement’ in DAY, G. W., and FRANZEN, D. L. (Eds.), 1990, pp. 155-158
8. AWAZU, K., KAWAZOE, H., and YAMANE, M. J.: ‘Simultaneous generation of optical absorption bands at 5-14 and 0-452 eV in 9 SiO2: GeO2 glasses heated under H2 atmosphere’, Appl. Phys., 1990,68, pp. 2713-2718
9. HOSONO, H., et al.: ‘Nature and origin of 5eV band in SiO2: GeO2 glasses’, to be published in Phys. Rev. B, 1992