Experimental determination of the upconversion rate in erbium-doped silicate glasses

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 30, 1999, Pages 6284-6291

  Nikonorov, Nikolai ^a   Przhevuskii, Alexander ^b   Prassas, Michael ^a   Jacob, David ^a  

^a Corning Scientific Center ^*  (France)

^b VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0001446770     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006284     Document Type: Article

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