Effect of Yb3+ concentration on the broadband emission intensity and peak wavelength shift in Yb/Bi ions co-doped silica-based glasses

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 18642-18648

  Dai, Nengli ^a,b   Xu, Bing ^a,c   Jiang, Zuowen ^a,b   Peng, Jingang ^a,b   Li, Haiqing ^a,b   Luan, Huaixun ^a,b   Yang, Luyun ^a,b   Li, Jinyan ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c WUHAN MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; SILICA; SILICATES; YTTERBIUM;

BI-DOPED; BISMUTH-DOPED; BROADBAND EMISSION; CO-DOPED; CO-DOPED SILICATES; CO-DOPING; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; CONCENTRATION RANGES; DOPED GLASS; EFFICIENT ENERGY TRANSFER; EMISSION INTENSITY; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; MATRIX; PEAK EMISSIONS; PEAK WAVELENGTH; PEAK WAVELENGTH SHIFT; RED SHIFT; SILICA-BASED GLASS; SILICATE GLASS;

GLASS;

EID: 77956358847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.018642     Document Type: Article

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