MODELING OF PAIR-INDUCED QUENCHING IN ERBIUM-DOPED SILICATE FIBERS

被引:191
作者
DELEVAQUE, E
GEORGES, T
MONERIE, M
LAMOULER, P
BAYON, JF
机构
[1] Centre National d'Etudes des Telecomunications, Lannion
[2] Photonetics S.A.
[3] Centre National d'Etudes des Telecomunications, Lannion
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10.1109/68.185065
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We show that in low concentration erbium-doped silicate fibers (below 1000 ppm), a residual absorption at 980 nm cannot be saturated. Usual models for upconversion of Er3+ cannot match this behavior nor explain a fluorescence lifetime independent of pump power and erbium concentration. We exhibit a phenomenon, the pair induced quenching (PIQ), that is compatible with the previous experimental results. We finally present the influence of erbium and aluminum concentration on the ion pair proportion.
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