Photoexcitation of Yb-doped aluminosilicate fibers at 250 nm: Evidence for excitation transfer from oxygen deficiency centers to Yb3+

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2087-2094

  Carlson, C G ^a,c   Keister, K E ^a   Dragic, P D ^a   Croteau, A ^b   Eden, J G ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b INO   (Canada)

^c UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALUMINOSILICATES; DEFECTS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FIBERS; FLUORESCENCE; GERMANIUM; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METAL IONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OXYGEN; PHOTOEXCITATION; POINT DEFECTS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; SILICA; SILICON;

ABSORPTION CONTINUUM; ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; ALUMINOSILICATE FIBERS; CENTRAL WAVELENGTH; DEEP ULTRAVIOLET; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; EXCITATION TRANSFER; FS LASER PULSE; INTRINSIC DEFECTS; ION EMISSIONS; LASER PUMPS; LUMINESCENCE DECAYS; NONBRIDGING OXYGEN HOLE CENTER; OPTICALLY ACTIVE DEFECTS; OXYGEN DEFICIENCY; RADIATION YIELD; RARE EARTH IONS; SILICA NETWORKS; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; TEMPORALLY RESOLVED; TRIPLET STATE; TYPE II; UV LIGHT; WAVE FORMS; WAVELENGTH REGIONS; YB-DOPED FIBERS;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 77957857998     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.002087     Document Type: Article

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