Homogeneous and nanocomposite rare-earth-activated glasses for photonic devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6183, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ferrari, M ^a   Armellini, C ^a   Berneschi, S ^b   Brenci, M ^b   Chiappini, A ^c   Chiasera, A ^a,d   Jestin, Y ^a   Mattarelli, M ^c   Montagna, M ^c   Moser, E ^c   Conti, G Nunzi ^b   Pelli, S ^b   Righini, G C ^b   Tosello, C ^c  

^a IFN CNR   (Italy)

^b IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erbium; Ion exchanged glass; Low loss; Nanocrystals; Photoluminescence; Planar waveguides; Silica hafnia; Silver; Sol gel; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; SILVER; SOL-GELS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ION EXCHANGED GLASS; LOW LOSS; NANOCRYSTALS; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; SILICA-HAFNIA;

OPTICAL GLASS;

EID: 33746711704     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.664586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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