Photodarkening rate in Yb-doped silica fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1247-1256

  Koponen, Joona ^a   Söderlund, Mikko ^a,c   Hoffman, Hanna J ^a,d   Kliner, Dahv A V ^b   Koplow, Jeffrey P ^b   Hotoleanu, Mircea ^a  

^a Liekki Corporation   (Finland)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d EOO Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES; LASER APPLICATIONS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; YTTERBIUM;

HIGH INTENSITY; HIGH-PEAK-POWER PULSE; INVERSION LEVELS; LARGE MODE AREA FIBER; MEASUREMENTS OF; OUTPUT POWER; YB-DOPED; YB-DOPED FIBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 44349103460     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.001247     Document Type: Article

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