Transparent Ho3+ -doped nano-glass-ceramics for efficient infrared emission

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Driesen, K ^a   Tikhomirov, V K ^a   Gorller Walrand C ^a   Rodriguez, V D ^b   Seddon, A B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION BANDS; NANO-GLASS-CERAMICS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); HOLMIUM; INFRARED RADIATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GLASS CERAMICS;

EID: 32944461995     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2174839     Document Type: Article

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