Luminescent Ions in silica-based optical fibers

Fiber and Integrated Optics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 484-504

  Dussardier, Bernard ^a   Blanc, Wilfried ^a   Monnom, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; Local environment; Optical fiber; Phonon energy; Rare earths; Silica; Spectroscopy; Transition metals; Valence state

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; ELECTROLYSIS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; HOLOGRAMS; IONS; LUMINESCENCE; METAL IONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OXIDES; PHONONS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SILICA; SUGAR (SUCROSE); THULIUM; TRANSITION METALS;

CHROMIUM IONS; DOPED SILICAS; EMISSION EFFICIENCIES; ERBIUM IONS; LOCAL ENVIRONMENT; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; LUMINESCENT IONS; OXIDE NANO PARTICLES; PHONON ENERGIES; PHONON ENERGY; PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; THULIUM IONS; TRANSFER MECHANISMS; TRANSITION METAL ELEMENTS; VALENCE STATE; VALENCE STATES;

TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 56749107206     PISSN: 01468030     EISSN: 10964681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01468030802269746     Document Type: Article

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