Infrared Luminescence Enhancement by UV-Irradiation of H2-loaded Bi- Al-doped Fiber

Conference: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/20/2009 - 09/24/2009 at Vienna, Austria

Proceedings: ECOC 2009

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Ban, C.; Limberger, H. G. (Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne, School of Engineering, Advanced Photonics Laboratory, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland,)
Bulatov, L. I.; Dvoyrin, V. V.; Mashinsky, V. M.; Dianov, E. M. (Fiber Optics Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Street, 119333 Moscow, Russia)

Abstract:
ArF excimer laser irradiation of H2-loaded fibers increases the intensity of both the 1130 and 1390 nm fluorescence in Bi-Al-doped silica fiber by 18 dB and >16 dB.