Upconversion and reduced 4F3/2 upper-state lifetime in intensely pumped Nd:YLF

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2714-2723

  Zuegel, Jonathan D ^a   Seka, Wolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000344742     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.002714     Document Type: Article

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