Laser performance and spectroscopic analysis of optically written channel waveguides in neodymium-doped gallium lanthanum sulphide glass

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1381-1388

  Mairaj, Arshad K ^a   Chardon, Alain M ^a   Shepherd, David P ^a   Hewak, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amorphous semiconductor; Optical writing; Waveguide laser

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; LASER BEAMS; LASER MODES; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GLASS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTOR; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; GALLIUM LANTHANUM SULPHIDE GLASS; OPTICAL WRITING; WAVEGUIDE LASER;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 0036880966     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2002.806672     Document Type: Article

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