Optical absorption, absorption saturation and a useful figure of merit for chromium doped glasses

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-57

  Munin, Egberto ^a   Villaverde, A Balbin ^a   Bass, Michael ^b   Cerqua Richardson, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Optical materials; B. Optical properties

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL GLASS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SILICATES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION SATURATION;

GLASS;

EID: 0030784797     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3697(96)00103-5     Document Type: Article

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