Enhanced absorption by stimulated emission in three excited states of Er3+ in yttrium aluminum garnet

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-6

  Maeda, Yoshinobu ^a   Migitaka, Masatoshi ^a  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ERBIUM; GARNETS; LASER BEAMS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EXCITED STATES; LASER INTENSITY; NEGATIVE NONLINEAR ABSORPTION; STIMULATED EMISSION; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 0031555613     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119302     Document Type: Article

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