Abstract
Luminescent decay measurements and modeling of high-power erbium-ytterbium amplifier fibers reveal significant ytterbium to erbium secondary energy transfer plus nonparticipatory ytterbium ions not coupled to the erbium. Both phenomena will lower efficiencies of erbium-ytterbium amplifiers.
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