Title :
Spectroscopy of erbium in La3+-doped tellurite glass & fibres
Author :
Oermann, Michael R. ; Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Li, Yahua ; Monro, Tanya M.
Author_Institution :
Centre of Expertise in Photonics, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
Abstract :
We study the spectroscopic properties of erbium doped tellurite glass and the effect of co-doping with lanthanum. This is a route towards the development of versatile fibre lasers for the mid-infrared.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; glass fibres; infrared spectra; infrared spectroscopy; lanthanum; optical glass; tellurium compounds; La3+-doped tellurite glass; TeO2:Er; TeO2:La; erbium doped tellurite glass; fibre lasers; lanthanum; spectroscopic properties; Absorption; Energy states; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fluorescence; Glass; Lanthanum; Optical fibers; Refractive index; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610516