Photo darkening in ytterbium co-doped silica material

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6873, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mattsson, Kent Erik ^a   Knudsen, Stig Nissen ^a   Cadier, Benoit ^b   Robin, Thierry ^b  

^a NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^b IXFiber   (France)

Author keywords

Double cladding fibre amplifiers; Photo darkening; Ytterbium co doped silica material

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM CLADDING; COBALT; COBALT ALLOYS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; COLOR CENTERS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GLASS; LASERS; LIGHT METALS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POINT DEFECTS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TECHNOLOGY;

(140.3500) LASERS; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; ALUMINIUM CLUSTERS; CO-DOPED; GLASS MATERIALS; MODEL DESCRIPTION; NEAR INFRARED (NIR) WAVELENGTH; PHONON ENERGIES; PHOTO DARKENING; PUMP RADIATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 44949218394     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.763117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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