New monocrystals with low phonon energy for mid-IR lasers

NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-65

  Isaenko, Ludmila ^a   Yelisseyev, Alexander ^a   Tkachuk, Alexandra ^b,c   Ivanova, Svetlana ^b  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c PO Box 37 ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Absorption cross section; Crystal growth; Crystal structure; Double alkali lead halides; Energy transfer; Laser action; Multiphonon relaxation; Optical properties; Optical spectra; Phase transitions; Phonon spectrum; Population dynamics; Rare earth ions; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149119651     PISSN: 18714668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6463-0_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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