In situ measurement of ESA, upconversion, and thermal quenching in Cr:LiSAF and Cr:LiSGaF lasers

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Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 411-414

  Sorokina, I T ^a   Sorokin, E ^a   Wintrier, E ^a   Cassanho, A ^b   Jenssen, H P ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b II VI Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser materials; Rare earth and transition metal solid state lasers; Rare earth doped materials

Indexed keywords

QUENCHING; SOLID STATE LASERS; TRANSITION METALS;

CR:LISAF; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LASER MATERIALS; MEASUREMENTS OF; RARE EARTH DOPED MATERIALS; RARE-EARTH AND TRANSITION METAL SOLID-STATE LASERS; THERMAL QUENCHING; UP-CONVERSION;

RARE EARTHS;

EID: 33645220652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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