Atomistic modeling study of surface segregation in Nd:YAG

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3812-3816

  Aschauer, Ulrich ^a   Bowen, Paul ^a   Parker, Stephen C ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Bath Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE COMPOSITION; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ENERGY MINIMIZATION; LASER POWER; NANOCRYSTALLINE CERAMICS; NEODYMIUM-DOPED YTTRIUM-ALUMINUM-GARNET;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 37849188919     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2006.01325.x     Document Type: Article

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