Title :
Investigations of cooperative luminescence in Yb-doped optical fiber due to different transitions between sublevels
Author :
Hamazaki, Junichi ; Nagano, Shigeo ; Sekine, Norihiko ; Hosako, Iwao
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol. (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Fundamental and higher-order cooperative luminescence emitted from Yb-doped optical fiber (YDF) are observed. Each luminescence is well related to different transition between sublevels of YDF located in the infrared region. Detailed transition properties of YDF are discussed.
Keywords :
optical fibres; photoluminescence; ytterbium; YDF sublevel; Yb-doped optical fiber; cooperative luminescence; infrared region; Fiber lasers; Ions; Laser excitation; Luminescence; Manifolds; Optical fiber amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0510-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104893
