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EPSRC Reference:	GR/K58289/01
Title:	SPECTROSOCOPY OF LATHANIDES FOR FIBRE-OPTIC AMPLIFIERS
Principal Investigator:	Denning, Professor R.G.
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Department:	Oxford Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Oxford
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 January 1996	Ends:	31 December 1998	Value (£):	189,556
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Materials Characterisation
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Construction Electronics
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This proposal seeks postdoctoral and consumable support for a programme directed towards the optimisation of optical fibre amplifiers that use the electronic transitions of lanthanide ions in crystallline and glassy media. It has three elements (a) the characterisation of the lanthanide sites in chloride glasses, (b) a programme directed towards understanding the influence of electron-correlation on the non-radiative relaxation rates which control the efficiency of these amplifiers, and (c) the investigation of nanocrystalline glass composites as potential optical gain media. It builds on our ongoing studies of the two-photon spectroscopy of inorganic materials, as well as on the low temperature site-selective spectroscopy of rare-earth doped fluoride glasses, currently being pursued in a CASE project with BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath.
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