Mid-IR (3-4 μm) fluorescence and ASE studies in Dy3+ doped tellurite and germanate glasses and a fs laser inscribed waveguide

Laser Physics Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Richards, B D O ^a   Teddy Fernandez, T ^b   Jose, G ^a   Binks, D ^c   Jha, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84881300665     PISSN: 16122011     EISSN: 1612202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1612-2011/10/8/085802     Document Type: Article

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