• DocumentCode
    2722404
  • Title

    Absorption and emission cross sections for erbuim doped silica glass

  • Author

    Foster, S. ; Tikhomirov, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ., Edinburgh, SA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    7-10 July 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Recent literature has suggested that the McCumber relation relating laser emission and absorption cross-sections is not valid for erbium:glass. We present a theoretical and experimental defence of the McCumber relation for erbium doped fibre.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; laser beams; optical glass; McCumber relation; SiO2JkJk:Er; absorption cross-section; erbium doped fibre; erbium doped silica glass; laser emission; Absorption; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Gain measurement; Glass; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical fibers; Silicon compounds; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-85825-807-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-85825-807-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610376
  • Filename
    4610376