Comparative study of the crystal-field splitting of trivalent neodymium energy levels in polycrystalline ceramic and nanocrystalline yttrium oxide

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Gruber, John B ^a   Sardar, Dhiraj K ^a   Nash, Kelly L ^a   Yow, Raylon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NEODYMIUM; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

CRYSTAL-FIELD SPLITTING; FLAME FUSION METHOD; OPTICALLY CHARACTERIZED;

YTTRIUM OXIDE;

EID: 34547604793     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2757009     Document Type: Article

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