Spectroscopic properties of Nd3+ and Pr3+ in gallate glasses with low phonon energies

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 5839-5843

  Takebe, Hiromichi ^a   Yoshino, Kiminori ^a   Murata, Takahiro ^a   Morinaga, Kenji ^a   Hector, Jason ^b   Brocklesby, William S ^b   Hewak, Daniel W ^b   Wang, Ji ^b   Payne, David N ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gallate glass; Judd Ofelt analysis; Laser materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001418826     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005839     Document Type: Article

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