Passive Q-switched mode locking of a 2.09 microm flashlamp-pumped Cr(3+),Tm(3+),Ho(3+):Y(3)Sc(2)Al(3)O(12) laser by use of a phosphate glass doped with PbS quantum dots of 5 nm in radius was… (More)
Transparent glass-ceramics based on Co<sup>2+</sup>:ZnO nanocrystals are synthesized in cobalt-doped glasses of the K<sub>2</sub>O-ZnO-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-SiO<sub>2</sub> system. Passive… (More)
We report on the development of novel saturable absorbers for erbium lasers based on transparent glass-ceramics (GCs) containing a mixture of cobalt-doped β-willemite,… (More)
Transparent glass-ceramics containing nanocrystals of (Er,Yb)NbO<sub>4</sub> and β-quartz solid solution have been prepared; their IR and up-conversion luminescence spectra have been studied.… (More)
Transparent glass-ceramics of the lithium gallium aluminosilicate system based on cobalt-doped Li(Al, Ga)<sub>5</sub>O<sub>8</sub> spinel nanosized crystals were developed. Their structure and… (More)