Broadband optical amplification in silicate glass-ceramic containing β-Ga2O3:Ni2+ nanocrystals

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 5477-5481

  Zhou, ShiFeng ^a   Dong, HuaFang ^b   Feng, Gao ^a   Wu, BoTao ^c   Zeng, HePing ^b   Qiu, JianRong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CERAMIC MATERIALS; GLASS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL GAIN; SILICATE MINERALS; WAVELENGTH;

EXCITATION POWER; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION; SILICATE GLASS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 34247843048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005477     Document Type: Article

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