A non-destructive determination of the rare-earth ion concentration in laser crystals

Crystal Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4 SPEC., 2002, Pages 307-315

  Kobe, S ^a   Podmiljsak B ^a   McGuiness, P J ^a   Sarantopoulou, E ^b   Kollia, Z ^b   Vourdas, A ^c   Cefalas, A C ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4f5d configuration; Laser induced fluorescence; Rare earth ion; Vibrating sample magnetometer; VUV

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

LASER CRYSTALS;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 0037285412     PISSN: 14630184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1463-0184(02)00042-4     Document Type: Article

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