Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 11, Issue 4, 394(2018)
Influence of cerium ions on thermal bleaching of photo-darkened ytterbium-doped fibers
We studied the influence of cerium (Ce) ions on photo-darkening (PD) behavior in ytterbium/aluminum (Yb/Al) co-doped silica fibers at room and elevated temperatures. Low levels of PD was observed for Ce codoped Yb/Al fiber. And the Yb/Al co-doped fiber was completely bleached at ~600°C. The addition of Ce ions as co-dopant can significantly lower the initial recovery and complete bleaching temperatures. The complete recovery temperature is ~ 450°C and ~400°C for Yb/Al/Ce low fiber and Yb/Al/Ce high fiber respectively. More importantly, Ce co-doping in Yb/Al fiber also decreases the heatinduced loss.
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Xiaoxia LIU, Chaoping LIU, Gui CHEN, Haiqing LI. Influence of cerium ions on thermal bleaching of photo-darkened ytterbium-doped fibers[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2018, 11(4): 394
Category: RESEARCH ARTICLE
Received: May. 11, 2018
Accepted: Jul. 21, 2018
Published Online: Jan. 10, 2019
The Author Email: LIU Xiaoxia (xiaxiaoliu@126.com)