Photodarkening in ytterbium-doped silica fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5990, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Koponen, J J ^a   Soderlund M J ^a   Tammela, S K T ^a   Po, H ^a  

^a Liekki Corporation   (Finland)

Author keywords

Double cladding; Photodarkening; Photoionization; Rare earth doped fibers; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBERS; PHOTOCHROMISM; PHOTOIONIZATION; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; YTTERBIUM;

DOUBLE CLADDING; RARE-EARTH DOPED FIBERS; YTTERBIUM-DOPED SILICA FIBERS;

SILICA;

EID: 33644531883     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.630499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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