The origin of near-IR luminescence in bismuth-doped silica and germania glasses free of other dopants: First-principle study

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1059-1074

  Sokolov, V O ^a   Plotnichenko, V G ^a,b   Dianov, E M ^a  

^a FIBER OPTICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH-DOPED; FIRST-PRINCIPLE STUDY; GLASS MODELS; INTRINSIC DEFECTS; LUMINESCENCE EXCITATION; MOST LIKELY; RED LUMINESCENCE; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES;

BISMUTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GERMANIUM; GLASS; SILICON;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84884186278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.001059     Document Type: Article

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