Structural and thermal properties of the monoclinic Lu2SiO 5 single crystal: Evaluation as a new laser matrix

Journal of Applied Crystallography

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 284-294

  Cong, Hengjiang ^a   Zhang, Huaijin ^a   Wang, Jiyang ^a   Yu, Wentao ^a   Fan, Jiandong ^a   Cheng, Xiufeng ^a   Sun, Shangqian ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Lu, Qingming ^a   Jiang, Chunjian ^b   Boughton, Robert I ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN INSTITUTE OF PIEZOELECTRIC AND ACOUSTOOPTIC TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser matrix crystals; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649121434     PISSN: 00218898     EISSN: 16005767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S0021889809004269     Document Type: Article

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