Bismuth-doped fiber lasers and optical amplifiers for extended transmission bands: The nature of bi-related laser-active centers
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Firstov, S. V.; Alyshev, S. V.; Melkumov, M. A.; Dianov, E. M.
- Source
- 2015 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on. :1-3 Sep, 2015
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Photonics and Electrooptics
Optical fiber amplifiers
Optical fiber communication
Photobleaching
Radiation effects
Optical amplifiers
Bismuth
- Language
We present results on the photobleaching effect in bismuth-doped germanosilicate fibers using UV and visible laser radiation. The underlying mechanisms of the photobleaching process and the nature of the laser-active centers are discussed.