Upconversion-pumped luminescence efficiency of rare-earth-doped hosts sensitized with trivalent ytterbium

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 996-1008

  Page, Ralph H ^a   Schaffers, Kathleen I ^a   Waide, Phillip A ^a   Tassano, John B ^a   Payne, Stephen A ^a   Krupke, William F ^a   Bischel, William K ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Gemfire Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0032340641     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000996     Document Type: Article

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