Title :
Bismuth-doped fiber lasers and optical amplifiers for extended transmission bands: The nature of bi-related laser-active centers
Author :
S. V. Firstov;S. V. Alyshev;M. A. Melkumov;E. M. Dianov
Author_Institution :
Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov str., 119333 Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
We present results on the photobleaching effect in bismuth-doped germanosilicate fibers using UV and visible laser radiation. The underlying mechanisms of the photobleaching process and the nature of the laser-active centers are discussed.
Keywords :
"Optical fiber amplifiers","Optical fiber communication","Photobleaching","Radiation effects","Optical amplifiers","Bismuth"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341982
