Spectroscopic and diode-pumped-laser properties of Tm,Ho:YLF; Tm,Ho:LuLF; and Tm,Ho:LuAG crystals: A comparative study

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1829-1837

  Sudesh, Vikas ^a,b,c   Asai, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LASER PULSES; MOLECULAR CRYSTALS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; QUANTUM THEORY; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM;

YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0141738828     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001829     Document Type: Article

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