Dependence of NdSc3(BO3)4 random laser parameters on particle size

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 191-200

  Noginov, M A ^a   Zhu, G ^a   Frantz, A A ^a   Novak, J ^a   Williams, S N ^a   Fowlkes, I ^a  

^a NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COHERENT LIGHT; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTONS; POWDERS; PUMPING (LASER);

EMISSION KINETICS; SLOPE EFFICIENCY;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0347268939     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000191     Document Type: Article

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