Dependence of fluorescence lifetime in praseodymium-doped silica optical fibres upon strain and temperature

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Koziol, B G ^a,b   Baxter, G W ^a   Collins, S F ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Future Fibre Technologies Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Praseodymium doped optical fibre; Strain sensing; Temperature sensing

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRAIN; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; OPTICAL FIBRE; SILICA OPTICAL FIBRES; STRAIN RESPONSE; STRAIN SENSING; TEMPERATURE SENSING; MEASUREMENTS OF; RARE EARTH DOPED;

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PRASEODYMIUM; SILICA; RARE EARTHS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RARE EARTH-DOPED FIBERS;

EID: 75649133545     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/12/1/015407     Document Type: Article

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