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Secondary energy transfer and nonparticipatory Yb3+ ions in Er3+–Yb3+ high-power amplifier fibers

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The energy exchange processes within Er3+Yb3+-codoped silica fibers manufactured for high-power optical amplifiers are investigated through luminescent decay measurements and rate-equation modeling. The Er3+ and Yb3+ luminescence, as functions of pump power, exhibit an unquenchable Yb3+ to Er3+ cooperative energy transfer (CET) that does not subside with saturation of the Er3+ inversion. Consistent with the experimental results is the occurrence of secondary energy transfer to excited Er3+ ions in their metastable  4I13/2 state. The transfer coefficient for this secondary  4I13/2 CET is determined to be of the same order of magnitude as that for the initial Yb3+ to ground-state Er3+ CET. Additionally, the decay measurements and modeling indicate that a fraction of Yb3+ ions does not participate in energy exchange with the Er3+. These nonparticipatory Yb3+ ions amounted to ∼15% of the total Yb3+ concentration and could constitute Yb3+ clusters. Both secondary CET and nonparticipatory Yb3+ will lower Er3+Yb3+ fiber amplifier efficiencies.

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