Nanostructure of Er3+ doped silicates

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-315

  Yao, Nan ^a,c   Hou, Kirk ^a   Haines, Christopher D ^b   Etessami, Nathan ^a   Ranganathan, Varadh ^b   Halpern, Susan B ^b   Kear, Bernard H ^b   Klein, Lisa C ^b   Sigel Jr , George H ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 120 Bowen Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Erbium; HRTEM; Nanocrystal; Nanopowder; Photoluminescence; Silicate; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANNEALING; ERBIUM; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICA; SILICATES; SOLS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ENERGY; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY IMAGING; NANO POWDERS; NANOCRYSTALLINE PHASIS; NANOSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; SYNTHESISED; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 27744545998     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfi040     Document Type: Article

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