Photobleaching of thulium-doped ZBLAN fibers with visible light

Optics Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 178-180

  Laperle, P ^a   Chandonnet, A ^a   Vallee R ^b  

^a INO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COLOR CENTERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NITRIDES; PHOTONS; THULIUM;

CARRIER RECOMBINATION; ONE PHOTON ABSORPTION; PHOTOBLEACHING; STRETCHED EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0031079408     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.22.000178     Document Type: Article

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