Ultraviolet absorption and excitation spectroscopy of rare-earth-doped glass fibers derived from glassy and crystalline preforms

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8237, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dragic, Peter D ^a   Liu, Yuh Shiuan ^a   Galvin, Thomas C ^a   Eden, J G ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

defects; optical fiber; Oxygen deficiency centers; photodarkening; rare earth doped fiber; silica

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; EXCITATION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER EXCITATION SPECTROSCOPY; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; OXYGEN DEFICIENCY; RARE EARTH DOPED; STANDARD METHOD; TRANSFER MECHANISMS; ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION; UV LASERS; UV LEDS; YAG CRYSTAL;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEFECTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; LASER EXCITATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHOTOCHROMISM; PUMPING (LASER); RARE EARTH-DOPED FIBERS; RARE EARTHS; SAPPHIRE; SILICA; TITANIUM;

PREFORMING;

EID: 84859641342     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.916067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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