Ytterbium-doped fibers co-doped with cerium: Next generation of fibers for high power fiber lasers?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7580, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Engholm, M ^a   Norin, L ^b  

^a Fiber Optic Valley AB   (Sweden)

^b ACREO AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerium; Color center; Fiber laser; Photodarkening; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; DOPED FIBER; GLASS COMPOSITIONS; HIGH POWER FIBER LASERS; LASER PERFORMANCE; PHOTODARKENING; YTTERBIUM DOPED FIBERS;

CERIUM; COLOR CENTERS; FIBERS; YTTERBIUM;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 77951848629     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.847928     Document Type: Conference Paper

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