Spectroscopic and lasing performance of Tm3+-doped bulk TZN and TZNG tellurite glasses operating around 1.9 μm

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 19146-19151

  Fusari, F ^a   Lagatsky, A A ^a   Richards, B ^b   Jha, A ^b   Sibbett, W ^a   Brown, C T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; EFFICIENCY; GLASS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

LASER TRANSITION; LASING PARAMETERS; LASING PERFORMANCE; LOSS ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; TELLURITE GLASS;

PUMPING (LASER);

GLASS; TELLURIUM; TELLUROUS ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLASS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TELLURIUM;

EID: 56149125261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019146     Document Type: Article

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