Spectroscopic properties of Tb3+-Yb3+-codoped borosilicate glasses for green lasers and amplifiers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6389, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Yamashita, Tatsuya ^a,b   Ohishi, Yasutake ^a  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cooperative energy transfer; Fiber laser; Laser material; Optical amplifier; Up conversion

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBER LASERS; LASER THEORY; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

COOPERATIVE ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER MATERIALS; LOW-LOSS FIBERS; UP-CONVERSION;

BOROSILICATE GLASS;

EID: 33751270860     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.685507     Document Type: Conference Paper

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