DETERMINATION OF ERBIUM DISTRIBUTION IN OPTICAL FIBERS USING CONFOCALOPTICAL MICROSCOPY

Authors
UTTAMCHANDANI D OTHONOS A ALAVIE AT HUBERT M
Citation
D. Uttamchandani et al., DETERMINATION OF ERBIUM DISTRIBUTION IN OPTICAL FIBERS USING CONFOCALOPTICAL MICROSCOPY, IEEE photonics technology letters, 6(3), 1994, pp. 437-439
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
6
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
437 - 439
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1994)6:3<437:DOEDIO>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Confocal fluorescence microscopy has been used to detect the 565 nm wa velength fluorescence generated from Er+3 ions present in erbium doped optical fibers, thereby enabling the concentration profile of these i ons in the fiber core to be determined. The fluorescence intensity dis tribution also enables the total Er+3 ion concentration in the fibers to be estimated, and the estimated values are shown to be in good agre ement with data supplied by the fiber manufacturers.