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Compositional Dependence of the Quantum Efficiency of the Transition at 1.3 μm of Praseodymium in Halide Glasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

A. Swartz ,
A. Elyamani ,
R. Pafchek ,
E. Snitzer  and
G. H. Sigel Jr
A. Swartz
Affiliation:
Fiber Optic Materials Research Program, Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ 08855
A. Elyamani
Affiliation:
Fiber Optic Materials Research Program, Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ 08855
R. Pafchek
Affiliation:
Fiber Optic Materials Research Program, Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ 08855
E. Snitzer
Affiliation:
Fiber Optic Materials Research Program, Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ 08855
G. H. Sigel Jr
Affiliation:
Fiber Optic Materials Research Program, Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ 08855
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Abstract

An improvement in the quantum efficiency of the 1.3 μm transition of Pr3+ has been acheived as a result of doping alternative halide glasses. An increase from 3.4% in ZBLAN [1] to 9.9% in a multicomponent halide glass is reported.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 244: Symposium J – Optical Waveguide Materials , 1991 , 175
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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