Fluorescence-quenching free channel waveguides in Yb:YAG ceramics by carbon ion implantation

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1460-1464

  Dong, Ningning ^a   Benayas, Antonio ^b   Jaque, Daniel ^b   Tan, Yang ^a   Chen, Feng ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Channeled; laser materials; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

CARBON ION IMPLANTATION; CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE; CHANNELED; FEMTOSECONDS; FLUORESCENCE EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGE; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; FREE CHANNELS; HELIUM ION; LASER MATERIALS; MICROFLUORESCENCE; WAVEGUIDE FORMATION; YAG; YTTERBIUM-DOPED; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FLUORESCENCE; HELIUM; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMA FILLED WAVEGUIDES; QUENCHING; SILICATE MINERALS; YTTERBIUM; YTTRIUM;

ION IMPLANTATION;

EID: 79955594380     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2130511     Document Type: Article

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