• DocumentCode
    519980
  • Title

    Ytterbium doped nano-crystalline optical fiber for reduced photodarkening

  • Author

    Yoo, S. ; Kalita, M.P. ; Boyland, A.J. ; Webb, A. ; Standish, R.J. ; Sahu, J.K. ; Paul, M.C. ; Das, S. ; Bhadra, S.K. ; Pal, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report suppression of photodarkening in Yb-doped nano-crystalline fibers in silica host. The photodarkening induced loss reduced by 20 times compared to Yb-doped aluminosilicate fibers. The laser efficiency of the nano-crystalline fiber was 79%.
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; barium compounds; fibre lasers; lithium compounds; nanostructured materials; optical glass; phosphorus compounds; photochromism; silicon compounds; ytterbium; SiO2-Al2O3-P2O5-Li2O-BaO:Yb; nanocrystalline optical fiber; reduced photodarkening; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Nanoparticles; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Photochromism; Pump lasers; Silicon compounds; Ytterbium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499538
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=519980