Energy transfer up-conversion and excited state absorption of laser radiation in Nd : YLF laser crystals

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-91

  Chuang, Ti ^b,c   Verdún, Horacio Ramón ^a,b,d,e,f,g  

^a IEEE

^b FIBERTEK INC   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERÍA   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g Science Application Inc

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTRON ABSORPTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ENERGY TRANSFER UP CONVERSION; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; LASER RADIATION; NEODYMIUM LASER CRYSTALS; PUMP POWER DENSITY;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0029771246     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.481923     Document Type: Article

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