Superbroadband near-IR photoluminescence from Pr3+-doped fluorotellurite glasses

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3803-3813

  Zhou, Bo ^a,b   Tao, Lili ^b   Tsang, Yuen H ^b   Jin, Wei ^b   Pun, Edwin Yue Bun ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); GLASS; LASERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRASEODYMIUM; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BROAD EMISSION BANDWIDTH; BROAD-BAND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; BROADBAND LUMINESCENCE; COVALENT BONDING; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; EMISSION CROSS-SECTION; JUDD-OFELT ANALYSIS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MATRIX; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-IR; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATIONS; PL EMISSION; RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; SUPERBROADBAND; WAVELENGTH EXCITATIONS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84857338150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.003803     Document Type: Article

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