On the origin of bichromatic laser emission in Nd3+-doped fluoride glasses

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 11894-11906

  Azkargorta, J ^a   Iparraguirre, I ^a   Balda, R ^a,b   Fernandez, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; PUMPING (LASER);

BICHROMATIC EMISSIONS; CRYSTAL FIELDS; FLUORIDE GLASS; INHOMOGENEITIES; SITE DISTRIBUTION; SITE SELECTIVE; TIME RESOLVED TECHNIQUE; WAVELENGTH LASERS;

GLASS;

FLUORIDE; GLASS; NEODYMIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORIDES; GLASS; LASERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEODYMIUM;

EID: 49149113698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.011894     Document Type: Article

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