Preparation and characterization of rare earth doped silica laser glass by sol-gel process

• Main Author: Wang, Sa Sa.
• Other Authors: Zhou, Yan
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19713
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Silica glasses containing neodymium or erbium are important laser glasses because their specific optical transitions centered at 1.06 \im and 1.54 (am, respectively, have important applications in optical telecommunications and sensors. The sol-gel method is highly advantageous in that it provides a...