Measurements of the spectroscopic and energy transfer parameters for Er3+-doped and Er3+, Pr3+-codoped PbO-Bi 2O3-Ga2O3 glasses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2927-2937

  Coleman, Daniel J ^a   Jackson, Stuart D ^b   Golding, Paul ^a   King, Terence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GLASS; LUMINESCENCE;

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS;

ERBIUM;

EID: 0041747568     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002927     Document Type: Article

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