Spectroscopic properties, concentration quenching, and prediction of infrared laser emission of yb3+-doped KY3F10 cubic crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3023-3033

  Ito, M ^a   Boulon, Georges ^a   Bensalah, A ^a   Guyot, Y ^a   Goutaudier, C ^a   Sato, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Fukuda Crystal Laboratory Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUENCHING; RAMAN SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

BARYCENTER LAW; INFRARED LASER EMISSION; LASER HEATED PEDESTAL GROWTH;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 39449128020     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.003023     Document Type: Article

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