Photon-avalanche upconversion in thulium-doped lutetium aluminum garnet

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3271-3274

  Patel, Darayas N ^a   Reddy, B Rami ^a   Nash Stevenson, Shelia K ^a  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041729812     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003271     Document Type: Article

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