Monte Carlo simulations of homogeneous upconversion in erbium-doped silica glasses

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 845-854

  Philipsen, Jacob L ^a   Bjarklev, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Concentration quenching; High concentration erbium doped amplifiers; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; ION EXCHANGE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL GLASS; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICA;

ERBIUM DOPED SILICA GLASSES; QUADRATIC UPCONVERSION MODEL;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031144689     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.572160     Document Type: Article

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