Spectrally resolved transmission loss in gamma irradiated Yb-doped optical fibers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 581-586

  Fox, Brian P ^a   Schneider, Zachary V ^a   Simmons Potter, Kelly ^a   Thomes Jr , William J ^b,c   Meister, Dorothy C ^b   Bambha, Ray P ^d   Kliner, Dahv A V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma irradiation; Photodarkening; Radiation effects; Radiation induced absorption; Rare earth doped fibers; Yb doped fibers

Indexed keywords

GAMMA IRRADIATION; PHOTODARKENING; RADIATION-INDUCED ABSORPTION; RARE-EARTH DOPED FIBERS; YB-DOPED FIBERS;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINOSILICATES; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; FLUXES; GAMMA RAYS; GLASS FIBERS; IRRADIATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; YTTERBIUM;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 55549085149     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2008.919873     Document Type: Article

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