Temperature dependent emission cross-section and fluorescence lifetime of Cr,Yb:YAG crystals

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1163-1171

  Dong, Jun ^a   Deng, Peizhen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

A. Optical materials; B. Crystal growth; D. Luminescence; D. Optical properties

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CRYSTAL GROWTH; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; Q SWITCHED LASERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 0037541417     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3697(03)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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