Nd:LuLF operating on the 4F3/2 → 4I11/2 and 4F3/2 → 4I13/2 transitions

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2788-2793

  Barnes, Norman P ^a   Walsh, Brian M ^b   Murray, Keith E ^a   Quarles, Gregory J ^c   Castillo, Vida K ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c II VI Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; Q SWITCHED LASERS; STOICHIOMETRY;

ABSORPTION BANDS; COMPOSITIONAL TUNING; EMISSION LOSS; LUTETIUM LITHIUM FLUORIDE;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0032219384     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002788     Document Type: Article

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