Comparative study on the spectroscopic properties of Nd:GdVO4 and Nd:YVO4 with hybrid process

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 613-619

  Sato, Yoichi ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Taira, Takunori ^a,b,c,f,g,h  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^d National Laboratory for High Energy Physics   (Japan)

^e Ceramic Society of   (Japan)

^f Laser Society of   (Japan)

^g OSA ^*

^h Institute of Electronics Information and Communication Engineering of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluorescence spectroscopy; Neodymium; Optical materials; Solid lasers; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DOPING CONCENTRATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYBRID PROCEDURE; LASER CRYSTALS;

CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STIMULATED EMISSION;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 27344434315     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.850569     Document Type: Article

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