Broad-spectrum and long-lifetime emissions of Nd3+ ions in lead fluorosilicate glass

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 10001-10009

  Zou, Kuaisheng ^a,b   Guo, Haitao ^a   Lu, Min ^a   Li, Weinan ^a   Hou, Chaoqi ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   He, Junfang ^a   Peng, Bo ^a   Xiangli, Bin ^a  

^a XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; JUDD-OFELT THEORY; PUMPING (LASER); ULTRASHORT PULSES;

BROAD EMISSION BANDWIDTH; FLUORESCENCE DECAYS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; FLUOROSILICATE GLASS; LASER OSCILLATIONS; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; STIMULATED EMISSION CROSS SECTION; ULTRASHORT PULSE GENERATION;

GLASS;

GLASS; ION; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; SILICATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ILLUMINATION; LIFE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GLASS; IONS; LEAD; LIFE; LIGHTING; MATERIALS TESTING; NEODYMIUM; SILICATES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 66849141112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.010001     Document Type: Article

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