Crystal growth, frequency doubling, and infrared laser performance of Yb3+ : BaCaBO3F

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 741-748

  Schaffers, Kathleen I ^a,b,c,d   DeLoach, Laura D ^a,e,f   Payne, Stephen A ^a,g,h,i,j,k  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Amer Association for Crystal Growth

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Advanced Lasers and Components Group

^g BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^k OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CRYSTAL GROWTH; LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPECTROSCOPY; YTTERBIUM;

FREQUENCY DOUBLING; INFRARED LASERS; LASER CRYSTAL;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030151961     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.492995     Document Type: Article

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