Colored LiF: An optical material for all seasons

Journal of Luminescence

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 333-343

  Baldacchini, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color centers; Energy transfer; Films; Lasers; Lithium floride; Thermoluminescence; X ray detectors

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER APPLICATIONS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; THIN FILMS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

X-RAY DETECTORS;

THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0036894936     PISSN: 00222313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2313(02)00460-X     Document Type: Article

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