• DocumentCode
    2157020
  • Title

    Effect of GeO2 additive on fluorescence intensity enhancement in bismuth-doped silica glass

  • Author

    Fujimoto, Yasushi ; Hirata, Yuki ; Kuwada, Yoshiyuki ; Nakatsuka, Masahiro

  • Author_Institution
    Osaka Univ., Osaka
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    17-22 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    This paper investigates the effect of different amounts of germanium oxide additive on incremental changes of fluorescence intensity of bismuth-doped silica glass (BiSG). The results indicate that the effect is more notable at a low Bi2O3 concentration (0.1 mol%) than a higher concentration of 1.0 mol%. additive. This result indicates that GeO2 additive effectively generates peculiar luminescent centers and increases the potential applications of bismuth-doped silica glass.
  • Keywords
    additives; bismuth compounds; fluorescence; germanate glasses; optical glass; Bi2O3-SiO2-GeO2; additive; bismuth-doped silica glass; fluorescence; luminescent centers; Additives; Aluminum oxide; Fiber lasers; Fluorescence; Glass; Laser theory; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0931-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0931-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386233
  • Filename
    4386233