Two-step upconversion luminescence in Yb:Tb:YSGG crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 735-741

  Noginov, M A ^a   Venkateswarlu, P ^a   Mahdi, M ^a  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030554234     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000735     Document Type: Article

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