Photo darkening of ytterbium cw fiber lasers

Kent E. Mattsson; Jes Broeng

doi:10.1117/12.808216

19 February 2009 Photo darkening of ytterbium cw fiber lasers

Kent E. Mattsson, Jes Broeng

Proceedings Volume 7195, Fiber Lasers VI: Technology, Systems, and Applications; 71950V (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808216
Event: SPIE LASE: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

A model description of photo darkening of ytterbium cw fiber lasers based on long term tested fiber lasers is presented. Photo darkening of Yb/Al co-doped silica fibres is found to saturate following prolonged exposure to pump and signal radiation. The observed slope efficiency of Al co-doping is compared with modeled slope efficiency of P co-doping.

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Kent E. Mattsson and Jes Broeng "Photo darkening of ytterbium cw fiber lasers", Proc. SPIE 7195, Fiber Lasers VI: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 71950V (19 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808216

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