Effects of neodymium concentration on optical characteristics of polycrystalline Nd:YaG laser materials

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1921-1926

  Ikesue, Akio ^a,d   Kamata, Kiichiro ^b,d   Yoshida, Kunio ^c  

^a KROSAKI HARIMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FABRICATION; FLUORESCENCE; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OSCILLATIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

DIODE LASER EXCITING SYSTEM; HIGH PURITY POWDERS; NEODYMIUM DOPED YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET; SOLID STATE REACTION METHOD;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0030190420     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb08014.x     Document Type: Article

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