980 nm laser-diode-excited intense blue upconversion in Tm 3+/Yb3+ -codoped gallate-bismuth-lead glasses

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Zhang, Q Y ^a   Li, T ^a   Jiang, Z H ^a   Ji, X H ^b   Buddhudu, S ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THULIUM COMPOUNDS;

EXCITED-STATE ABSORPTION; LEAD GLASSES;

SEMICONDUCTING GLASS;

EID: 28344454848     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2115082     Document Type: Article

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