Rare-Earth Doped Optical Fiber Fabrication Using Novel Gas Phase Deposition Technique

Authors :: Andrew S. Webb
Christophe A. Codemard
Johan Nilsson
Alexander J. Boyland
Seongwoo Yoo
M.P. Kalita
Jayanta K. Sahu
R.J. Standish
Source :: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2010.
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: OSA, 2010.
Abstract: We report a highly versatile gas phase technique for making ytterbium doped silica fibers. Initial results generated 200W output power with a slope efficiency of 72%.

Subjects :: Ytterbium
Optical fiber
Materials science
business.industry
Doping
Slope efficiency
Physics::Optics
chemistry.chemical_element
law.invention
Optics
Electricity generation
chemistry
law
Fiber laser
Deposition (phase transition)
Optoelectronics
business
Refractive index

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