Open AccessCooperative luminescence and absorption in Ytterbium-doped silica fiber and the fiber nonlinear transmission coefficient at λ=980 nm with a regard to the Ytterbium ion-pairs' effect: Comment
Author(s) -
R. Paschotta,
A.C. Tropper
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.006981
Subject(s) - ytterbium , photodarkening , materials science , optics , doping , ion , attenuation coefficient , luminescence , fiber , absorption (acoustics) , silica fiber , fiber laser , optoelectronics , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , composite material
Recently, significant power losses in ytterbium-doped fibers have been interpreted as resulting from the formation of ytterbium ion pairs [A. V. Kir'yanov et al., Opt. Express 14, 3981 (2006)]. However, there appears to be strong evidence against this model.