Preventing photodarkening in ytterbium-doped high power fiber lasers; correlation to the UV-transparency of the core glass

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1260-1268

  Engholm, M ^a,b   Norin, L ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ACREO AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOROSILICATE GLASS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DOPING (ADDITIVES); PHOTOCHROMISM; WAVELENGTH; YTTERBIUM;

ALUMINOSILICATE GLASS; PHOSPHOSILICATE GLASS; POWER DIODE PUMPING; YTTERBIUM-DOPED SILICATE GLASS;

FIBER LASERS;

GLASS; YTTERBIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; GLASS; LASERS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 38549163196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001260     Document Type: Article

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