• DocumentCode
    3022682
  • Title

    Photodarkening and Photobleaching of an Ytterbium-doped Silica Double-clad LMA fiber

  • Author

    Boullet, J. ; Manek-Hönninger, I. ; Cardinal, T. ; Guillen, F. ; Podgorski, M. ; Ermeneux, S. ; Doua, R. Bello ; Salin, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Bordeauxl, Talence
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We studied the temporal behaviour of photodarkening in an Yb-doped LMA fiber and show photobleaching of the same fiber. The absorption spectra and the influence on the lasing properties are shown.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; infrared spectra; optical fibre cladding; optical saturable absorption; photochromism; silicon compounds; ultraviolet spectra; visible spectra; ytterbium; SiO2:Yb; absorption spectra; large mode area fiber; lasing properties; photobleaching; photodarkening; ytterbium-doped double-clad LMA fiber; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Optical pulse generation; Photobleaching; Photochromism; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453532
  • Filename
    4453532
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3022682