Temperature-dependent polarization effects in Ce: LiLuF

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 4326-4333

  McGonigle, Andrew J S ^a,b   Moncorge, Richard ^c   Coutts, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; COMBUSTION; CRYSTALS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; LASER TUNING; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLID STATE LASERS;

ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0000162644     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.004326     Document Type: Article

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