Color-center powder laser: The effect of pulverization on color-center characteristics

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2153-2160

  Noginov, M A ^a   Noginova, N E ^a   Egarievwe, S U ^a   Caulfield, H J ^a   Venkateswarlu, P ^a   Williams, A ^a   Mirov, S B ^b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 0031492688     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002153     Document Type: Article

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