Short-pulsed stimulated emission in the powders of NdAl3(BO3)4, NdSc3(BO3)4, and Nd:Sr5(PO4)3F laser crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2024-2033

  Noginov, M A ^a   Noginova, N E ^a   Caulfield, H J ^a   Venkateswarlu, P ^a   Thompson, T ^a   Mahdi, M ^a   Ostroumov, V ^b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC THEORY; LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; POWDERS; PUMPING (LASER); SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EMISSION ENERGY DENSITY; EXCITED STATES; LASER CRYSTALS; STIMULATED EMISSION;

NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030246024     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.002024     Document Type: Article

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