Broadening and enhancing 2.7  μm emission spectra in Er/Ho co-doped oxyfluoride germanosilicate glass ceramics by imparting multiple local structures to rare earth ions

Qunhuo Liu; Ying Tian; Wenhua Tang; Feifei Huang; Xufeng Jing; Junjie Zhang; Shiqing Xu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000339

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 4, 339(2018)

Broadening and enhancing 2.7 μm emission spectra in Er/Ho co-doped oxyfluoride germanosilicate glass ceramics by imparting multiple local structures to rare earth ions

Qunhuo Liu¹, Ying Tian^1、*, Wenhua Tang¹, Feifei Huang¹, Xufeng Jing², Junjie Zhang¹, and Shiqing Xu^1,3

Author Affiliations

¹College of Materials Science and Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China

²Institute of Optoelectronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China

³e-mail: sxucjlu@163.com

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Paper Information

Category: Materials

Received: Dec. 8, 2017

Accepted: Feb. 6, 2018

Published Online: Aug. 1, 2018

The Author Email: Ying Tian (tianying0204@163.com)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000339

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