• DocumentCode
    1972089
  • Title

    Photodarkening of 488nm-pumped Sm3+-doped germanosilicate fiber laser

  • Author

    Cheng, Yu ; Oton, Claudio J. ; Boyland, A.J. ; Sahu, Jayanta ; Brocklesby, Bill ; Loh, Wei H.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    30-3 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Photodarkening in samarium doped germanosilicate fiber and laser by downconversion is studied. Appreciable photodarkening occurs in the fiber and we attribute the effect to color centres which are both related to Sm2O3 and GeO2. An energy level scheme has been illustrated to explain the photodarkening mechanism.
  • Keywords
    colour centre lasers; fibre lasers; photochromism; samarium; color centre; germanosilicate fiber laser; photodarkening; Absorption; Energy states; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser excitation; Photochromism; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Samarium; Photodarkening; color centre; fiber laser; samarium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3829-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3830-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292227
  • Filename
    5292227
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1972089