• DocumentCode
    807398
  • Title

    Constant fluorescence during phase grating formation and defect band bleaching in optical fibres under 5.1 eV laser exposure

  • Author

    Mizrahi, V. ; Atkins, R.M.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    2210
  • Lastpage
    2211
  • Abstract
    The UV laser-induced bleaching of the 5.1 eV defect absorption band in optical fibres is correlated with photosensitive grating formation. No significant change in the 3.1 eV fluorescence is observed on this same time scale.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; fluorescence; impurity and defect absorption spectra of inorganic solids; optical fibres; optical saturable absorption; 5.1 eV; SiO 2:GeO 2 fibres; UV laser-induced bleaching; defect absorption band; defect band bleaching; fluorescence; optical fibres; phase grating formation; photosensitive grating;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19921420
  • Filename
    173049