Polarization and local disorder effects on the properties of Er3+-doped XBi(YO4)2, X = Li or Na and Y = W or Mo, crystalline tunable laser hosts

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2066-2078

  Rico, Mauricio ^a   Méndez Blas, Antonio ^a   Volkov, Vladimir ^a   Monge, María Ángeles ^a   Cascales, Concepción ^a   Zaldo, Carlos ^a   Kling, Andreas ^b,c   Fernández Díaz, María Teresa ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO DE FÍSICA NUCLEAR DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CRYSTAL FIELD ANALYSIS; JUDD-OFELT THEORY; LASER CHANNELS; LOCAL DISORDER EFFECTS;

LASER TUNING;

EID: 33751248735     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.002066     Document Type: Article

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