Spectroscopic Properties and Efficient Diode-Pumped Laser Operation of Neodymium-Doped Lanthanum Scandium Borate

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 913-917

  Meyn, Jan Peter ^a   Jensen, Thomas ^a   Huber, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEODYMIUM; PUMPING (LASER); QUENCHING; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DIODE LASER PUMPING; LANTHANUM SCANDIUM BORATE; OPTICAL SLOPE EFFICIENCY; POLYMORPHISM; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES;

LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0028405269     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.291362     Document Type: Article

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