Title :
Fabrication of Tm2+/Tm3+ co-doped silica fiber and its fluorescence characteristics
Author :
Kim, Y. ; Chung, Y. ; Paek, U. ; Han, W.
Author_Institution :
Kwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., South Korea
Abstract :
For the first time, we have fabricated divalent thulium doped silica optical fiber. The measured fluorescence between 600 nm and 1500 nm upon pumping at 514 nm using Ar ion laser was due to the Tm2+ ions in the core of the fiber.
Keywords :
argon; fluorescence; infrared spectra; ion lasers; optical fibre fabrication; optical pumping; optical variables measurement; silicon compounds; thulium; visible spectra; 514 nm; 600 to 1500 nm; Ar; Ar ion laser; SiO2:Tm2+; SiO2:Tm3+; Tm2+ doped silica fiber; Tm3+ doped silica fiber; divalency; fabrication; fiber core; fluorescence characteristics; pumping; Absorption; Doping; Fabrication; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fluorescence; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Preforms; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248084
