Thermal lens study of energy transfer in Yb3/Tm 3+-co-doped glasses

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 9232-9238

  Jacinto, C ^a   Vermelho, M V D ^a   De Ara jo, M T ^a   Udo, P T ^b   Astrath, N G C ^b   Bento, A C ^b   Catunda, T ^c   Baesso, M L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOSILICATES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; GLASS; HEAT GENERATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLID STATE LASERS;

ALUMINOSILICATE GLASSES; CO-DOPED SYSTEMS; THERMAL LENS;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 34547442608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009232     Document Type: Article

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