Fabrication and characterization of sol-gel planar waveguides doped with rare-earth ions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 895-897

  Orignac, X ^a   Barbier, D ^a   Du, X M ^b   Almeida, R M ^b  

^a GeeO   (France)

^b INESC   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY GAP; FABRICATION; FLUORESCENCE; FUSED SILICA; HYDROLYSIS; QUENCHING; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SOL-GELS;

FAST DECAY COMPONENT; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME; JUDD-OFELT ANALYSIS; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; SLOW DECAY COMPONENT;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0030211705     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.117980     Document Type: Article

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