Spectral properties and broadband optical amplification of Yb-Bi codoped MgO-Al2O3-ZnO-SiO2 glasses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 778-782

  Ruan, Jian ^a,b   Wu, E ^c   Wu, Botao ^c   Zeng, Heping ^c   Zhang, Qiang ^a,b   Dong, Guoping ^a,b   Qiao, Yanbo ^a,b   Chen, Danping ^b   Qiu, Jianrong ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GLASS; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER EXCITATION; LUMINESCENCE; SILICATES; YTTERBIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

980 NM LASERS; BI-DOPED GLASS; CO-DOPED GLASS; CO-DOPED SILICATES; GAIN COEFFICIENTS; NEAR INFRARED LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATIONS; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 65249153592     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000778     Document Type: Article

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