Effective stabilization of photobleaching of BAC-Si in bismuth- and erbium-codoped optical fibers by 830 nm laser repeated pumping

Qi Yang; Boyang Hu; Jie Gao; Hongxin Ding; Jialang Huang; Yushi Chu; Jianzhong Zhang; Gang-Ding Peng

doi:10.3788/COL202523.010604

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 1, 010604(2025)

Effective stabilization of photobleaching of BAC-Si in bismuth- and erbium-codoped optical fibers by 830 nm laser repeated pumping

Qi Yang^1,2, Boyang Hu³, Jie Gao³, Hongxin Ding³, Jialang Huang³, Yushi Chu^1,2,3、*, Jianzhong Zhang^1,2、**, and Gang-Ding Peng⁴

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of In-fiber Integrated Optics of Ministry of Education, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China

²Key Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Devices Physics for Oceanic Applications, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China

³Fiber Optical Sensing Center for Excellence, Yantai Research Institute, Harbin Engineering University, Yantai 264006, China

⁴Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia

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Paper Information

Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

Received: May. 13, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 23, 2024

Published Online: Feb. 12, 2025

The Author Email: Yushi Chu (chuyushi@hrbeu.edu.cn), Jianzhong Zhang (zhangjianzhong@hrbeu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.010604

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.010604

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