Rare-earth ion doped TeO2 and GeO2 glasses as laser materials

Progress in Materials Science

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1426-1491

  Jha, Animesh ^a   Richards, Billy ^a   Jose, Gin ^a   Teddy Fernandez, Toney ^a   Joshi, Purushottam ^b   Jiang, Xin ^c   Lousteau, Joris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Sap Labs India Pvt Ltd   (India)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CASTING; DISPERSIONS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; GEOMETRY; GERMANIUM OXIDES; GLASS; HEAVY METALS; METAL IONS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PREFORMING; RARE EARTHS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL ENGINEERING; WAVEGUIDES;

DISPERSION PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESISTANCE; HEAVY METAL OXIDE GLASS; MATERIALS PROCESSING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION WAVELENGTH; OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY;

TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84861674932     PISSN: 00796425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2012.04.003     Document Type: Review

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