Mid-infrared Cr2+:ZnSe random powder lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 4952-4959

  Kim, C ^a   Martyshkin, D V ^a   Fedorov, V V ^a   Mirov, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

RANDOM POWDER LASERS; THRESHOLD ENERGY;

LASERS;

CHROMIUM; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC SELENIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; POWDER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHROMIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POWDERS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 41649089307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004952     Document Type: Article

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