• DocumentCode
    2871710
  • Title

    Effect of heat and H2 gas on the photo-darkening of Yb+3 fibers

  • Author

    Jasapara, J. ; Andrejco, M. ; DiGiovanni, D. ; Windeler, R.

  • Author_Institution
    OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Heating a photo-darkened ytterbium fiber causes a recovery in spectral transmission to the pre-darkened state. Exposure to H2 at high temperatures causes a permanent change in the visible transmission identical to that caused by photo-darkening.
  • Keywords
    high-temperature effects; hydrogen; optical fibre amplifiers; photochromism; thermo-optical effects; ytterbium; H2; JkJk:Yb3+; fiber amplifier; heating effect; high-temperature effects; hydrogen exposure; photo-darkened ytterbium fiber; pre-darkened state; spectral transmission; visible transmission; Doped fiber amplifiers; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Heat recovery; Hydrogen; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Temperature; 060.2320; 260.5130;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628267
  • Filename
    4628267
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2871710