Growth and evaluation of ytterbium-doped yttrium aluminum borate as a potential self-doubling laser crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-69

  Wang, Pu ^a   Dawes, Judith M ^a   Dekker, Peter ^a   Knowles, David S ^a   Piper, James A ^a   Lu, Baosheng ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUXES; GROUND STATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

SELF DOUBLING LASER CRYSTAL; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM BORATE;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 0033248049     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000063     Document Type: Article

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