Origin of laser-induced internal cooling of Yb3+-doped systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4645, Issue , 2002, Pages 135-147

  Fernandez J ^a,b   Mendioroz, A ^a   Balda, R ^a,b   Voda, M ^b   Al Saleh, M ^a   Garcia Adeva A J ^c   Adam, J L ^d   Lucas, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Electron phonon interactions; Laser cooling; Optical properties; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYSTALS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LASER APPLICATIONS; PHOTONS; POSITIVE IONS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; YTTERBIUM;

COLLINEAR PHOTOTHERMAL DEFLECTION; CONVENTIONAL LASER EXCITATION SPECTROSCOPIES; COOLING EFFICIENCY; FLUORIDE GLASS; FLUOROCHLORIDE GLASS; LASER INDUCED INTERNAL COOLING;

GLASS;

EID: 0036030163     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461649     Document Type: Article

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