Optical transition, excitation state absorption, and energy transfer study of Er3+, Nd3+ single-doped, and Er3+/Nd 3+ codoped tellurite glasses for mid-infrared laser applications

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1766-1772

  Zheng, Yanfeng ^a,b   Chen, Baojiu ^a   Zhong, Haiyang ^a   Sun, Jiashi ^a   Cheng, Lihong ^a   Li, Xiangping ^a   Zhang, Jinsu ^a   Tian, Yue ^a   Lu, Weili ^a   Wan, Jing ^a   Yu, Tingting ^a   Huang, Libo ^a   Yu, Hongquan ^c   Lin, Hai ^b  

^a DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DALIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESS; ENERGY-TRANSFER RATE; EXCITATION STATE; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; GAIN COEFFICIENTS; JUDD OFELT THEORY; MCCUMBER THEORY; MELT QUENCHING TECHNIQUES; MID-INFRARED EMISSION; MIDINFRARED LASERS; TELLURITE GLASS; TRANSITION PROPERTIES;

ABSORPTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; EXCITED STATES; GLASS; GLASS LASERS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED LASERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL TRANSITIONS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

NEODYMIUM;

EID: 79958148980     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04323.x     Document Type: Article

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