Efficient pumping scheme for neodymium-doped materials by direct excitation of the upper lasing level

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 36, 1999, Pages 7382-7385

  Lavi, Raphael ^a   Jackel, Steven ^a   Tzuk, Yitshak ^a   Winik, Michael ^a   Lebiush, Eyal ^a   Katz, Mordechai ^a   Paiss, Idan ^a  

^a SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

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EID: 0000424727     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.007382     Document Type: Article

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