Population inversion factor dependence of photodarkening of Yb-doped fibers and its suppression by highly aluminum doping

2006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference, and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kitabayashi, T ^a   Ikeda, M ^a   Nakai, M ^a   Sakai, T ^a   Himeno, K ^a   Ohashi, K ^a  

^a FUJIKURA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION INVERSION FACTOR;

ALUMINUM; DOPING (ADDITIVES); PHOTOCHROMISM; YTTERBIUM;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33845355899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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