Characterization and comparison of Yb3+-doped YA1O3 perovskite crystals (Yb:YAP) with Yb3+-doped Y3Al 5O12 garnet crystals (Yb:YAG) for laser application

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 884-896

  Boulon, G ^a,b   Guyot, Y ^a   Canibano, H ^a   Hraiech, S ^a   Yoshikawa, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GARNETS; PEROVSKITE; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; QUENCHING; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; CONCENTRATION QUENCHING; LASER-DIODE-PUMPED; NONRADIATIVE ENERGY TRANSFER; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION; PEROVSKITE CRYSTAL; POLARIZED ABSORPTION; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 55349117197     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000884     Document Type: Article

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