Ion-exchanged waveguide lasers in Er3+/Yb3+ codoped silicate glass

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 33, 1999, Pages 6879-6886

  Peters, Philip M ^a   Funk, David S ^a   Peskin, Adele P ^b   Veasey, David L ^a   Sanford, Norman A ^a   Houde Walter, Susan N ^c   Hayden, Joseph S ^d  

^a The Optoelectronics Division   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d The Research and Development Materials Group   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001146450     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006879     Document Type: Article

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