Site selective excitation, upconversion and laser operation in Er3+:LiKYF5

Optics Communications

Volumn 188, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 219-232

  Smith, Anita ^a   Martin, John P D ^a   Sellars, Matthew J ^a   Manson, Neil B ^a   Silversmith, Ann J ^b   Henderson, Brian ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENCE OF INORGANIC SOLIDS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

SITE SELECTIVE EXCITATION; UPCONVERSION LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0035250945     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)01150-0     Document Type: Article

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