Development of channel waveguide lasers in Nd3+-doped chalcogenide (Ga:La:S) glass through photoinduced material modification

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 3708-3710

  Mairaj, Arshad K ^a   Riziotis, Christos ^a   Chardon, Alain M ^a   Smith, Peter G R ^a   Shepherd, David P ^a   Hewak, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SURFACE PHENOMENA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PHOTOINDUCED MODIFICATION;

OPTICAL GLASS;

EID: 0037065092     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1520698     Document Type: Article

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