Enhancement of second-harmonic generation in optical fibers by a hydrogen and heat treatment
- 20 March 1989
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 54 (12) , 1086-1088
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.100765
Abstract
Optical fiber exposed to high-pressure hydrogen gas for 3–4 days, and subsequently heated in air at temperatures in the range 250–500 °C for 8–24 h, shows an enhanced second-harmonic conversion efficiency after seeding with 1.06 μm and 532 nm light, when compared with untreated fiber seeded under similar conditions. Up to now, an enhancement by as much as a factor of 4.4 has been observed. Some possible correlations between this enhancement and the change in the defect content of the fiber due to the H2 -heat treatment are pointed out.Keywords
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