Waveguide lasers by ion-exchange in Er-doped glass

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2996, Issue , 1997, Pages 135-142

  Amin, J ^a   Veasey, David L ^a   Sanford, Norman A ^a   Hayden, Joseph S ^b  

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

^b Schott Glass Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion exchanged devices; Rare earth doped glass waveguide lasers

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; GLASS; ION EXCHANGERS; IONS; LASERS; METAL IONS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SILICATES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WAVEGUIDES;

CO-DOPED; ER-DOPED GLASSES; ION-EXCHANGED DEVICES; PUMP TUNING; RARE-EARTH-DOPED GLASS WAVEGUIDE LASERS; SILICATE GLASSES; THRESHOLD LASERS; WAVE GUIDE LASER;

ION EXCHANGE;

EID: 0005485324     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.271152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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