• DocumentCode
    2012655
  • Title

    Population inversion factor dependence of photodarkening of Yb-doped fibers and its suppression by highly aluminum doping

  • Author

    Kilabayashi, T. ; Ikeda, M. ; Nakai, M. ; Sakai, T. ; Himeno, K. ; Ohashi, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. & Electron. Lab., Fujikura Ltd.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    We have confirmed that the photodarkening of Yb-doped fiber (YbDF) has the second-power dependence on a population inversion factor. The photodarkening of a newly developed highly aluminum-doped YbDF has been significantly suppressed
  • Keywords
    aluminium; doping; fibre lasers; optical fibres; photochromism; population inversion; ytterbium; Yb-doped fibers; aluminum doping; fiber lasers; photodarkening; population inversion factor; second-power dependence; Absorption; Aluminum; Doping; Fiber lasers; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Photochromism; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215694
  • Filename
    1636725