Title :
Raman spectroscopy of niobium-phosphate glasses with large bandwidth for Raman gain applications
Author :
Guo, Y. ; Schulte, A. ; Stegeman, R. ; Stegeman, G. ; Rivero, C. ; Richardson, K. ; Cardinal, T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Spontaneous Raman spectra of binary niobium-phosphate glasses with large gain bandwidth (>1000 cm-1) are measured down to low wavenumbers. Correlations of enhanced low frequency scattering with molecular structure and medium range order are investigated.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; niobium compounds; optical fibre communication; optical glass; optical materials; phosphate glasses; solid lasers; Raman spectroscopy; enhanced low frequency scattering; molecular structure; niobium-phosphate glasses; spontaneous Raman spectra; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Glass; Niobium; Optical scattering; Polarization; Raman scattering; Spectroscopy; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201679