Effects of gamma irradiation and annealing treatments on the performance of Cr;Tm;Ho:YAG lasers

Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2109-2116

  Kaczmarek, S M ^a   Zendzian, W ^a   Lukasiewicz T ^a,b   Stepka K ^a   Moroz, Z ^c   Warchol S ^b,d  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b ukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics   (Poland)

^c SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cr; Gamma irradiation; Ho:YAG lasers; Thermal annealing; Tm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348201524     PISSN: 13861425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-1425(98)00126-7     Document Type: Article

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