Raman gain measurements of thallium-tellurium oxide glasses

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1144-1149

  Stegeman, Robert ^a   Rivero, Clara ^a   Richardson, Kathleen ^a   Stegeman, George ^a   Delfyett Jr , Peter ^a   Guo, Yu ^a   Pope, April ^a   Schulte, Alfons ^a   Cardinal, Thierry ^b   Thomas, Philippe ^c   Champarnaud Mesjard, Jean Claude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INST CHIM MATIERE COND BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; GLASS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RAMAN SCATTERING; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

FIBER OPTICS AMPLIFIERS; FIBER OPTICS OSCILLATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MATERIALS; STIMULATED SCATTERING;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 20044364161     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001144     Document Type: Article

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