Estimation of energy transfer parameters in thuliumand ytterbium-doped silica fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7138, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Peterka, Pavel ^a   Blanc, Wilfried ^b   Dussardier, Bernard ^b   Monnom, Gérard ^b   Simpson, David ^c   Baxter, Greg ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiber amplifiers; Fiber lasers; Fluorescence lifetime; Thulium; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; CO-DOPING; DOPED FIBER; ENERGY TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; ENERGY TRANSFER PARAMETERS; EXCITED LEVEL LIFETIME; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME; HIGH ALUMINA; IN-FIBER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SILICA FIBERS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; YTTERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; YTTERBIUM-DOPED;

ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBERS; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SILICA; THULIUM; YTTERBIUM;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 66749100006     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.818042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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