Czochralski growth of Ti:Sapphire laser crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5990, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Uecker, Reinhard ^a   Klimm, Detlef ^a   Ganschow, Steffen ^a   Reiche, Peter ^a   Bertram, Rainer ^a   Roßberg, Matthias ^a   Fornari, Roberte ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR CRYSTAL GROWTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Czochralski growth; Growth atmosphere; Oxygen fugacity; Ti:Sapphire

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANNEALING; DIFFUSION; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

OXYGEN FUGACITY; RESIDUAL ABSORPTION; TI:SAPPHIRE;

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT;

EID: 33644526908     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.634322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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