Avalanche assisted upconversion in Pr3+/Yb3+-doped ZBLAN glass

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 411-413

  Gosnell, T R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoride glasses; Rare earth doped fibres; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

IONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL GLASS; PRASEODYMIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; YTTERBIUM;

AVALANCHE ASSISTED UPCONVERSION; FLUORIDE GLASSES; RARE EARTH DOPED FIBRES;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 0031073419     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970220     Document Type: Article

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