• DocumentCode
    3701285
  • 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
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341982
  • Filename
    7341982
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3701285