Relations between phosphorus/aluminum concentration ratio and photodarkening rate and loss in Yb-doped silica fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7580, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Laperle, Pierre ^a   Desbiens, Louis ^a   Zheng, Huimin ^a   Drolet, Mathieu ^a   Proulx, Antoine ^a   Taillon, Yves ^a  

^a INO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Double clad; Fiber amplifier; Fiber characterization; Large mode area; Modeling; Photodarkening; Triple clad; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CONCENTRATION; CO-DOPED; CO-DOPING; CONCENTRATION OF; CONCENTRATION RATIO; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; DOUBLE CLAD FIBERS; EXCESS LOSS; FIBER CHARACTERIZATIONS; FIBER CORES; LARGE MODE AREA; OUTPUT POWER; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; PHOTODARKENING; SILICA FIBERS; YTTERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; YTTERBIUM ION; YTTERBIUM-DOPED;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALUMINUM; AMPLIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBERS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICA; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; YTTERBIUM;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77951855765     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.840026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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