Radiation-resistant erbium-doped-nanoparticles optical fiber for space applications

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2435-2444

  Thomas, Jérémie ^a   Myara, Mikhaël ^a   Troussellier, Laurent ^a   Burov, Ekaterina ^b   Pastouret, Alain ^b   Boivin, David ^b   Mélin, Gilles ^b   Gilard, Olivier ^c   Sotom, Michel ^d   Signoret, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^b PRYSMIAN GROUP   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

^d THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ERBIUM; FIBERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SILICA; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

ALUMINUM CONCENTRATION; CO-DOPING; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; ERBIUM DOPED; ERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; NANOPARTICULES; OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; PURE SILICA; RADIATION RESISTANT; SUB-SYSTEMS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

ERBIUM; GLASS FIBER; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ERBIUM; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84863402281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.002435     Document Type: Article

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