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Radiation-induced absorption and photobleaching in erbium Al–Ge-codoped optical fiber

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In this work, we analyze the absorption spectra of silica fibers doped with erbium (Er) and usual codoping atoms such as aluminum (Al) and germanium (Ge). This study is performed in the 400 nm to 1000 nm wavelength range. We describe and identify relations between the optical fiber composition and the changes in their absorption spectra after two consecutive processes: a 300-Gy gamma irradiation and then after photobleaching obtained with a 980 nm laser light. Among the results we obtained, we want to emphasize that the creation of Al-related defects, known to be the main origin of radio-darkening in aluminosilicate fibers, depends also on the Al/Er ratio. We also identify a new Al originated trap, different from Al-OHC and not referenced in the existing scientific literature to our knowledge. Its contribution to the RIA seems to be really significant. Moreover, photobleaching appears to be a possible recovery mechanism as the Al-colored centers vanish under 980 nm laser light.

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Acknowledgements

We want to acknowledge Fabrice Canto from CEA-LGCI in Marcoule for kind help in lending us the super-continuum light source (LEUKOS-SM-30-UV). The authors would like to thank the TRAD company near Toulouse, France, for its very valuable assistance and its flexible access to the irradiation facilities.

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This work was supported in part by the French ”National Agency for Research” Project # Projet-ANR-12-RMNP-0019.

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Dardaillon, R., Lancry, M., Myara, M. et al. Radiation-induced absorption and photobleaching in erbium Al–Ge-codoped optical fiber. J Mater Sci 55, 14326–14335 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05024-4

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