Diode-pumped laser action at 1.34 μm from the Nd3+:Ca 3Ga2Ge3O12 garnet crystal: Influence of nd3+ multicenter distribution

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2075-2083

  Jaque, Daniel ^a   Brenier, Alain ^b   De las Heras, Carmen ^a   Boulon, Georges ^b   Solé, Jóse García ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GARNETS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NEODYMIUM; PUMPING (LASER); SPECTROSCOPY;

LASER DYNAMICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0242301215     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002075     Document Type: Article

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