Cerium-doped fluoride lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1430-1440

  Coutts, David W ^a   McGonigle, Andrew J S ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CERIUM; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LASER PULSES; LASER TUNING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CERIUM DOPED FLUORIDE LASERS; CERIUM LASER CRYSTAL; CERIUM LASER SYSTEMS; FEMTOSECOND PULSE AMPLIFICATION; PULSED LASER; SOLID STATE SYSTEMS; ULTRAVIOLET GENERATION; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 5144226963     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.834775     Document Type: Article

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