Spectroscopy and fluorescence dynamics of (Tm 3+, Tb 3+) and (Tm 3+, Eu 3+) doped LiYF 4 single crystals for 1.5-μm laser operation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2246-2255

  Braud, Alain ^b,c   Girard, Sylvain ^b,d,e   Doualan, Jean Louis ^b,d,f,g   Moncorgé, Richard ^{a,b,d,f,h,i,j,k,l}  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c MIL Group   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

ⁱ French Academy of Sciences   (France)

^j BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l ORANGE LABS   (France)

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Author keywords

Energy transfer; Europium; Laser crystal; LiYF 4; Terbium; Thulium

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DYNAMICS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EUROPIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TERBIUM; THULIUM;

LASER CRYSTALS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0032204382     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.726622     Document Type: Article

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