Luminescence properties of ytterbium and erbium doped silica-zirconia nanostructured optical fiber under near infrared excitation

Gurvan Brasse (1) , Christine Restoin (1) , Y. Ouerdane (2) , Philippe Roy (1) , Jean-Marc Blondy (1)

1 PHOTONIQUE
2 LHC - Laboratoire Hubert Curien

We present the luminescence properties of erbium and ytterbium doped silica-zirconia nanostructured optical fibers, which have been elaborated using the chemical sol-gel method. After having described the elaboration process, their waveguiding properties, as well as their luminescence properties under a continuous pumping in the near infrared domain (NIR) are reported; the effects of the zirconia nanocrystals that are dispersed in the core of the fibers, on their optical properties are finally discussed. Keywords: Optical fiber, nanocrystals, luminescence, silica-zirconia, sol gel, erbium, ytterbium

Mots clés: Optical fiber; Nanocrystals; Luminescence; Silica-zirconia; Sol-gel

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Gurvan Brasse, Christine Restoin, Y. Ouerdane, Philippe Roy, Jean-Marc Blondy. Luminescence properties of ytterbium and erbium doped silica-zirconia nanostructured optical fiber under near infrared excitation. Journal of Luminescence, 2011, 131, pp.2427-2431. ⟨10.1016/j.jlumin.2011.04.037⟩. ⟨ujm-00604668⟩