Excitation scheme for the upper energy levels in a Tm:Yb:BaY2F8 laser crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2126-2136

  Noginov, M A ^a   Curley, M ^a   Venkateswarlu, P ^a   Williams, A ^a   Jenssen, H P ^b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0031535354     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002126     Document Type: Article

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