KGW:Yb, Er single crystals growth for eye-safe lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5136, Issue , 2002, Pages 36-40

  Majchrowski, A ^a   Mierczyk, Z ^a   Kopczynski K ^a   Kwasny K ^a   Michalski, E ^a   Zmija, J ^a  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diode pumped laser; Eye safe lasers; High temperature solution growth; Potassium gadolinium tungstate

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

DIODE PUMPED LASER; EYE SAFE LASERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SOLUTION GROWTH; MICROLASER; POTASSIUM GADOLINIUM TUNGSTATE; PULSE EXCITATION; SPECTROFLUORIMETER;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 1342306000     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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