Rare Earth-Activated Silica-Based Nanocomposites
C. Armellini
CSMFO group, CNR-IFN, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, via Sommarive, Povo, Trento 14-38050, Italy cnr.it
Search for more papers by this authorA. Chiappini
CSMFO group, CNR-IFN, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, via Sommarive, Povo, Trento 14-38050, Italy cnr.it
Search for more papers by this authorA. Chiasera
CSMFO group, CNR-IFN, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, via Sommarive, Povo, Trento 14-38050, Italy cnr.it
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M. Ferrari
CSMFO group, CNR-IFN, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, via Sommarive, Povo, Trento 14-38050, Italy cnr.it
Search for more papers by this authorY. Jestin
CSMFO group, CNR-IFN, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, via Sommarive, Povo, Trento 14-38050, Italy cnr.it
Search for more papers by this authorM. Mortier
Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquéede de l′Etat Solide, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSCP), UMR-CNRS 7574, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75231, France enscp.fr
Search for more papers by this authorE. Moser
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trento, Gruppo CSMFO, Via Sommarive, Povo, Trento 14-38100, Italy unitn.it
Search for more papers by this authorR. Retoux
Laboratoire CRISMAT, UMR 6508, ENSICAEN, 6 Boulevard du Maréchal Juin, Caen Cedex 14050, France ensicaen.fr
Search for more papers by this authorG. C. Righini
CNR-IFAC, Istituto di Fisica Applicata, Nello Carrara, via Madonna del Piano, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze 10-50019, Italy cnr.it
CNR, Dipartimento Materiali e Dispositivi, via dei Taurini 19, Roma 00185, Italy cnr.it
Search for more papers by this authorC. Armellini
CSMFO group, CNR-IFN, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, via Sommarive, Povo, Trento 14-38050, Italy cnr.it
Search for more papers by this authorA. Chiappini
CSMFO group, CNR-IFN, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, via Sommarive, Povo, Trento 14-38050, Italy cnr.it
Search for more papers by this authorA. Chiasera
CSMFO group, CNR-IFN, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, via Sommarive, Povo, Trento 14-38050, Italy cnr.it
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
M. Ferrari
CSMFO group, CNR-IFN, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, via Sommarive, Povo, Trento 14-38050, Italy cnr.it
Search for more papers by this authorY. Jestin
CSMFO group, CNR-IFN, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, via Sommarive, Povo, Trento 14-38050, Italy cnr.it
Search for more papers by this authorM. Mortier
Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquéede de l′Etat Solide, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSCP), UMR-CNRS 7574, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75231, France enscp.fr
Search for more papers by this authorE. Moser
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trento, Gruppo CSMFO, Via Sommarive, Povo, Trento 14-38100, Italy unitn.it
Search for more papers by this authorR. Retoux
Laboratoire CRISMAT, UMR 6508, ENSICAEN, 6 Boulevard du Maréchal Juin, Caen Cedex 14050, France ensicaen.fr
Search for more papers by this authorG. C. Righini
CNR-IFAC, Istituto di Fisica Applicata, Nello Carrara, via Madonna del Piano, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze 10-50019, Italy cnr.it
CNR, Dipartimento Materiali e Dispositivi, via dei Taurini 19, Roma 00185, Italy cnr.it
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Two different kinds of rare earth-activated glass-based nanocomposite photonic materials, which allow to tailor the spectroscopic properties of rare-earth ions: (i) Er3+-activated SiO2-HfO2 waveguide glass ceramic, and (ii) core-shell-like structures of Er3+-activated silica spheres obtained by a seed growth method, are presented.
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