Erbium doped GaSe crystal for mid-IR applications

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5484-5491

  Hsu, Yu Kuei ^a   Chen, Ching Wei ^a   Huang, Jung Y ^a   Pan, Ci Ling ^a   Zhang, Jing Yuan ^b   Chang, Chen Shiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

GASE CRYSTALS; INTERSTITIAL DOPING; NONLINEAR COEFFICIENT; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER (OPA);

CRYSTALS;

EID: 33745161560     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005484     Document Type: Article

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