Photodarkening measurements in Yb - Doped silica fibers in correlation with cooperative luminescence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8433, Issue , 2012, Pages

  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

Fiber lasers; Photodarkening; Rare earth doped materials; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOSILICATE FIBERS; COOPERATIVE LUMINESCENCE; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; QUADRATIC DEPENDENCE; RARE EARTH DOPED MATERIALS; SILICA FIBERS;

ALUMINOSILICATES; FIBER LASERS; PHOTOCHROMISM; SILICA; YTTERBIUM;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84861968414     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.948281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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