Spectral properties and efficient laser operation near 2.0 μm of Tm 3+:BaGd2(MoO4)4 crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 801-808

  Zhu, Haomiao ^a,b   Chen, Yujin ^a   Lin, Yanfu ^a   Gong, Xinghong ^a   Luo, Zundu ^a   Huang, Yidong ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; JUDD-OFELT THEORY; SAPPHIRE;

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; FLUORESCENCE DECAYS; HEMISPHERICAL CAVITIES; LASER DIODE PUMPING; POLARIZED ABSORPTION; RADIATIVE TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 62249083269     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000801     Document Type: Article

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