Temporal evolution and correlation between cooperative luminescence and photodarkening in ytterbium doped silica fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 25077-25083

  Gebavi, Hrvoje ^a   Taccheo, Stefano ^a   Milanese, Daniel ^b   Monteville, Achille ^c   Le Goffic, Olivier ^c   Landais, David ^c   Mechin, David ^c   Tregoat, Denis ^c   Cadier, Benoit ^d   Robin, Thierry ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c PERFOS   (France)

^d IXFiber SAS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); YTTERBIUM;

ALUMINOSILICATE FIBERS; COOPERATIVE LUMINESCENCE; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; DOPED FIBER; QUADRATIC DEPENDENCE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; YTTERBIUM-DOPED;

LUMINESCENCE;

SILICON DIOXIDE; YTTERBIUM;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FIBER OPTICS; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ABSORPTION; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; SILICON DIOXIDE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 82955214758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.025077     Document Type: Article

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