Numerical analyses of the population dynamics and determination of the upconversion coefficients in a new high erbium-doped tellurite glass

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1928-1934

  Hu, Yongdan ^a   Jiang, Shibin ^a   Sorbello, Gino ^b   Luo, Tao ^a,c   Ding, Yong ^a   Hwang, Bor Chyuan ^a   Kim, Jung Hwan ^d   Seo, Hyo Jin ^d   Peyghambarian, Nasser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c NP PHOTONICS INC   (United States)

^d Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SILICA; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

UPCONVERSION COEFFICIENTS;

OPTICAL GLASS;

EID: 0035622296     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001928     Document Type: Article

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