Optical scattering centers in polycrystalline Nd:YAG laser

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1517-1522

  Ikesue, Akio ^a,e   Yoshida, Kunio ^b   Yamamoto, Takahisa ^c,e   Yamaga, Isao ^d  

^a KROSAKI HARIMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Futeck Furnace Inc   (Japan)

^e AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; POWDERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FRESNEL'S EQUATION;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0031165568     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1997.tb03011.x     Document Type: Article

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