New low-phonon frequency crystals, based on rare earth doped double halogenides for multiwavelengths diode pumped solid-state lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4900, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 962-972

  Isaenko, L ^a   Yelisseyev, A ^a   Tkachuk, A ^b   Ivanova, S ^c   Payne, S ^d   Page, R ^d   Nostrand, M ^d  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Intensity parameters; Luminescence; Radiative probabilities; Rare earth; Solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

LUMINESCENCE; PROBABILITY; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

LOW-PHONON FREQUENCY CRYSTALS; MULTIWAVELENGTH DIODE PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0036452406     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.484488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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