Measurement of photodarkening in Yb-doped aluminosilicate fibres at elevated temperature

Electronics Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-234

  Yoo, S ^a   Boyland, A J ^a   Standish, R J ^a   Sahu, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOUR CENTRES; DECAY CURVES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; PHOTODARKENING; POPULATION INVERSIONS; PUMP WAVELENGTH; SECOND ORDER KINETICS;

ALUMINOSILICATES; COLOR CENTERS; PUMPS;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 76249102801     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2010.2517     Document Type: Article

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