Measurement of the excited state absorption cross-section in Cr 4+:YAG using relaxation oscillations study

OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series

Volumn 98, Issue , 2005, Pages 58-62

  Naumov, Sergey ^a   Sorokin, Evgeni ^a   Sorokina, Irina T ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL PUMPING; OSCILLATIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; FOUR-LEVEL LASERS; RELAXATION OSCILLATIONS;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 33645229815     PISSN: 10945695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2005.58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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