Radiative lifetimes in Tm I and Tm II

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2382-2391

  Anderson, Heidi M ^a   Den Hartog, E A ^a   Lawler, J E ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; DYE LASERS; FLUORESCENCE; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; THULIUM;

ATOMIC TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; EVEN PARITY LEVELS; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; ODD PARITY LEVELS; RADIATIVE LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030284725     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.002382     Document Type: Article

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