Photobleaching of photodarkening in ytterbium doped aluminosilicate fibers with 633 nm irradiation

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1286-1291

  Gebavi, Hrvoje ^a   Taccheo, Stefano ^a   Tregoat, Denis ^b   Monteville, Achille ^b   Robin, Thierry ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PERFOS   (France)

^c IXFiber SAS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOSILICATE FIBERS; BLEACHING INTENSITY; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; INTENSITY-DEPENDENT; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; LOSS REDUCTION; PHOTOBLEACHING EFFECT; YTTERBIUM-DOPED;

ALUMINOSILICATES; BLEACHING; CLEANING; COLOR CENTERS; IRRADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; YTTERBIUM;

PHOTOBLEACHING;

EID: 84870387317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.001286     Document Type: Article

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