Upconversion, lifetime quenching, and ground-state bleaching in Nd3+:LiYF4

Optics Communications

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 203-211

  Pollnau, M ^a   Hardman, P J ^a   Clarkson, W A ^a   Hanna, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ground state bleaching; Interionic processes; Lifetime quenching; Lithium yttrium fluoride; Neodymium; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUORESCENCE; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUENCHING;

GROUND STATE BLEACHING; INTERIONIC UPCONVERSION; LIFETIME QUENCHING; LITHIUM YTTRIUM FLUORIDE;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0031996886     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00524-5     Document Type: Article

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