Strong excited state absorption (ESA) in Yb-doped fiber lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8601, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Engholm, Magnus ^a   Rydberg, Sara ^a   Hammarling, Krister ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

charge transfer; color center; excited state absorption; fiber laser; photodarkening; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; LASER PHOTONS; NEAR-INFRARED RANGE; STRONG ABSORPTIONS; VISIBLE RANGE; YB-DOPED; YB-DOPED FIBER LASERS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; COLOR CENTERS; EXCITED STATES; FIBER LASERS; PHOTOCHROMISM; PUMPING (LASER); SILICA;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 84878168453     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2002957     Document Type: Conference Paper

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