Indirect measurement of the magnitude of ion clustering at high doping densities in Er:ZBLAN fibers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 178-181

  Srinivasan, Balaji ^a   Jain, Ravinder K ^a   Monnom, Gérard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

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EID: 0034387793     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000178     Document Type: Article

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