• DocumentCode
    771383
  • Title

    Transient gratings in rare-earth-doped phosphosilicate optical fibres through periodic population inversion

  • Author

    Canning, J. ; Sceats, M.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. Chem., Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    3/30/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    576
  • Lastpage
    577
  • Abstract
    Transient gratings with R>96% at 1526 nm have been observed in Er3+/Yb3+-doped phosphosilicate optical fibres holographically processed with 193 nm light. These arise primarily from the index change associated with population inversion of the Er3+ ions
  • Keywords
    erbium; holographic gratings; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; phosphosilicate glasses; population inversion; refractive index; ytterbium; 1526 nm; 193 nm; Er3+ ions; P2O5-SiO2:Er,Yb; Yb3+ ions; holographically processed fibres; index change; optical fibres; periodic population inversion; rare-earth-doped phosphosilicate fibres; transient gratings;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19950373
  • Filename
    381788