Advanced materials for fibre and waveguide amplifiers

Localised doping of Li-silicate glasses by Er3+ ion exchange to fabricate thin optical layers

“…(as there is a lot of literature available, let us mention just three papers that comprise many useful Refs. [1][2][3]). The advantage of the materials containing these socalled ''active ions'' is in their ability to emit radiation in the wide range of wavelengths from the visible to the near infrared region depending on the used dopant element.…”

Structure and optical properties of Er‐doped CaO‐Al2O3 (Ga2O3) glasses fabricated by aerodynamic levitation

“…Rare‐earth (RE)‐doped glasses and glass‐ceramics have been extensively studied as important materials for wide applications in optical amplifier, optical fiber laser, up‐converter, etc . Up to the present, there are only few works that investigate the fabrication of RE‐doped glasses by levitation melting method .…”

Study of [Dy(η6-p-xylene)(GaCl4)3]-incorporated polyhedral silica nanofoam

“…Many reports have focused on the luminescence properties of rare-earth complexes with carboxylic acids, heterocyclic ligands and b-diketones [16]. These complexes are widely used in special electronic and optical applications, such as solid-state lasers or fluorescence lightning [17,18]. Lately, numerous studies [19,20] have been reported on the preparation and investigation of such organic-inorganic hybrid composites, where lanthanoid complexes of low thermal and chemical stabilities have been covalently attached to the surface hydroxyl groups of MCM-41, or other silica matrixes, in order to protect the complex species from leaching and deactivation.…”