Tailored spectral designing of layer-by-layer type composite Nd:Y 3ScAl4O12/Nd:Y3Al5O 12 Ceramics

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 838-843

  Sato, Yoichi ^b   Ikesue, Akio ^c   Taira, Takunori ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c World Lab Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Fluorescence; Gain control; Optical materials; Solid lasers

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC COMPOSITES; LASER MATERIALS; LASER OSCILLATION; SPECTRAL DESIGNING;

FLUORESCENCE; GAIN CONTROL; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLID STATE LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 34250707353     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.896564     Document Type: Article

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