Spectroscopy and modeling of solid state lanthanide lasers: Application to trivalent Tm 3+ and Ho 3+ in YLiF 4 and LuLiF 4

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3255-3271

  Walsh, Brian M ^a   Barnes, Norman P ^a   Petros, Mulugeta ^b   Yu, Jirong ^a   Singh, Upendra N ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER THERMAL POPULATION; SOLID STATE LANTHANIDE LASERS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER APPLICATIONS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SOLID STATE LASERS;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

EID: 1942521279     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1649808     Document Type: Article

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