DocumentCode
449279
Title
Energy transfer processes elated to the S-band transition in Tm3+ doped silica fibres
Author
Simpson, David A. ; Baxter, Greg W. ; Collins, Stephen F. ; Keith Gibbs, W.E. ; Blanc, W.
Author_Institution
OTRL-CTMF, Victoria Univ., Melbourne, Vic.
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
2005
Firstpage
759
Abstract
An energy transfer up-conversion process is observed in thulium-doped alumino-silicate fibres for Tm2O3 concentrations as low as 35 ppm-mol. This important mechanism to the 1470-nm gain band efficiency is studied with a simple model
Keywords
aluminium compounds; optical fibres; photoluminescence; population inversion; thulium; energy transfer; gain band efficiency; thulium-doped alumino-silicate fibres; up-conversion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location
Glasgow
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-86341-543-1
Type
conf
Filename
1576496
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