Photodarkening rate in Yb-doped silica fibers

被引：91
|
作者：
Koponen, Joona [1 ]
Soderlund, Mikko
Hoffman, Hanna J.
Kliner, Dahv A. V. [2 ]
Koplow, Jeffrey P. [2 ]
Hotoleanu, Mircea [1 ]
机构：
[1] Liekki Corp, FIN-08500 Lohja, Finland
[2] Sandia Natl Labs, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
来源：
APPLIED OPTICS | 2008年 / 47卷 / 09期
关键词：
D O I：
10.1364/AO.47.001247
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
Yb-doped fibers are widely used in laser applications requiring high average output powers and highpeak-power pulse amplification. Photodarkening (PD) is recognized as one limiting factor in these fibers when pumped with high-intensity radiation. We describe an approach for performing quantitative PD studies of fibers, and we present measurements of the rate of PD in Yb-doped single-mode fibers with varying inversion levels. The method is applicable to large-mode-area fibers. We observed a seventh-order dependence of the PD rate on the excited-state Yb concentration for two different fibers; this result implies that PD of a Yb-doped fiber source fabricated using a particular fiber will be strongly dependent on the configuration of the device. (c) 2008 Optical Society of America.
引用
收藏
页码：1247 / 1256
页数：10
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [1] Temperature influence on the photodarkening kinetics in Yb-doped silica fibers
    Leich, Martin
    Jetschke, Sylvia
    Unger, Sonja
    Kirchhof, Johannes
    [J]. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, 2011, 28 (01) : 65 - 68
  • [2] Photodarkening in Yb-Doped Fibers for Fiber Lasers
    Le Guerroue, Fabien
    Gotter, Thierry
    Le Masson, Ronan
    Prades, Samuel
    Ranger, Carine
    Robin, Thierry
    Cadier, Benoit
    [J]. FIBER AND INTEGRATED OPTICS, 2009, 28 (01) : 60 - 64
  • [3] On the origin of photodarkening resistance in Yb-doped silica fibers with high aluminum concentration
    Engholm, Magnus
    Tuggle, Matthew
    Kucera, Courtney
    Hawkins, Thomas
    Dragic, Peter
    Ballato, John
    [J]. OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS, 2021, 11 (01) : 115 - 126
  • [4] Photodarkening in Yb-doped silica fibers: influence of the atmosphere during preform collapsing
    Jetschke, S.
    Unger, S.
    Schwuchow, A.
    Leich, M.
    Reichel, V.
    Kirchhof, J.
    [J]. FIBER LASERS V: TECHNOLOGY, SYSTEMS, AND APPLICATIONS, 2008, 6873 : U286 - U295
  • [5] Relations between phosphorus/aluminum concentration ratio and photodarkening rate and loss in Yb-doped silica fibers
    Laperle, Pierre
    Desbiens, Louis
    Zheng, Huimin
    Drolet, Mathieu
    Proulx, Antoine
    Taillon, Yves
    [J]. FIBER LASERS VII: TECHNOLOGY, SYSTEMS, AND APPLICATIONS, 2010, 7580
  • [6] Photodarkening and Photobleaching of Yb-doped Fibers by Laser Diodes
    Inoue, Noriyuki
    Shirakawa, Akira
    Ueda, Ken-ichi
    [J]. 2010 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO) AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (QELS), 2010,
  • [7] Pump Wavelength Dependence of Photodarkening in Yb-Doped Fibers
    Li, Huizi
    Zhang, Liling
    Sidharthan, Raghuraman
    Ho, Daryl
    Wu, Xuan
    Venkatram, Nalla
    Sun, Handong
    Huang, Tianye
    Yoo, Seongwoo
    [J]. JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, 2017, 35 (13) : 2535 - 2540
  • [8] Photodarkening in Yb-Doped Silica Fibers - Mitigation by Co-Doping and Thermal Effects
    Leich, Martin
    Jetschke, Sylvia
    Unger, Sonja
    Schwuchow, Anka
    Jaeger, Matthias
    [J]. 2018 20TH ANNIVERSARY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS (ICTON), 2018,
  • [9] Physical Methods for Diagnosing Photodarkening Performance of Yb-Doped Fibers
    Chen Jinzhan
    Xia Handing
    Lu Rongguo
    Zhou Xiaoyan
    Shi Zhaohua
    Zhang Yingjuan
    Wu Zhiqing
    Ye Xin
    Huang Jin
    Wu Weidong
    Li Bo
    [J]. LASER & OPTOELECTRONICS PROGRESS, 2019, 56 (10)
  • [10] Investigation of photodarkening in tandem-pumped Yb-doped fibers
    Park, J. S.
    Kim, T. H.
    Oh, Y. J.
    Park, E. J.
    Kim, J. W.
    Jeong, Hoon
    [J]. OPTICS EXPRESS, 2020, 28 (19): : 27316 - 27323
12345