Er3+- and Tm3+-containing ultra-transparent oxyfluoride-based glass ceramics for wavelength division multiplexing optical amplifiers

Glass Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 377-381

  Tosello, C ^a   Montagna, M ^a   Mattarelli, M ^a   Ferrari, M ^b   Chaussedent, S ^c   Monteil, A ^c   Tikhomirov, V K ^d   Seddon, A B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b IFN CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; GLASS CERAMICS; HEAT TREATMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; IONS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THULIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ERBIUM IONS; GLASSY PHASES; LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 23744442904     PISSN: 10876596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10720-005-0072-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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