E. M. Dianov, S. V. Alyshev, A. V. Shubin, V. F. Khopin, A. N. Gur'yanov, “IR luminescence of tellurium-doped silica-based optical fibre”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2012, Volume 42, Number 3,Pages <nobr>189

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IR luminescence of tellurium-doped silica-based optical fibre

E. M. Dianov^a, S. V. Alyshev^a, A. V. Shubin^a, V. F. Khopin^b, A. N. Gur'yanov^b

^a Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances RAS, Nizhnii Novgorod

Abstract: Tellurium-doped germanosilicate fibre has been fabricated by the MCVD process. In contrast to Te-containing glasses studied earlier, it has a broad luminescence band (full width at half maximum of ~350 nm) centred at 1500 nm, with a lifetime of ~2 μs. The luminescence of the fibre has been studied before and after gamma irradiation in a 60Co source to 309 and 992 kGy. The irradiation produced a luminescence band around 1100 nm, with a full width at half maximum of ~400 nm and lifetime of ~5 μs.

Keywords: tellurium, tellurium-doped optical fibre.

PACS: 42.81.Bm, 42.81.Cn, 78.60.Lc

Received: 27.02.2012