Mid-infrared emission from Er 3+ and energy transfer in Er 3+-Yb 3+ and Er 3+-Nd 3+ co-doped Ga 2S 3-GeS 2-Sb 2S 3 glasses

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 208, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2809-2813

  Ichikawa, Manabu ^a   Ishikawa, Yoichi ^a   Wakasugi, Takashi ^a   Kadono, Kohei ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

energy transfer; infrared emission; rare earth elements; sulfide glasses

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; CO-DOPED GLASS; EXCITED LEVELS; INFRARED EMISSION; MID-INFRARED EMISSION; NON-RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS; POPULATION INVERSIONS; RARE EARTH IONS; SULFIDE GLASSES;

ENERGY TRANSFER; GLASS; INFRARED DEVICES; NEODYMIUM; YTTERBIUM;

ERBIUM;

EID: 82055177040     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201127179     Document Type: Article

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