Diode-pumped violet energy upconversion in BaF2:Er3+

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 33, 1998, Pages 7805-7808

  Patel, Darayas N ^a   Reddy, Rami B ^a   Nash Stevenson, Shelia K ^b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0001123240     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.007805     Document Type: Article

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