Production of stabilized color centers in YLiF4 crystals by high-intensity ultrashort laser pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2560-2563

  Courrol, Lilia C ^a   Samad, Ricardo E ^b   Ranieri, Izilda M ^b   Gomes, Laércio ^b   Baldochi, Sônia L ^b   de Freitas, Anderson Z ^b   Vieira Jr , Nilson D ^b  

^a FACULDADE DE TECNOLOGIA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARACTERIZATION; COLOR CENTERS; ELECTRON BEAMS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRASHORT PULSES; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; VARIAN SPECTROPHOTOMETER CARY;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 30844442539     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002560     Document Type: Article

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