Rare-earth doped halide crystals for laser applications: Recent advances and future trends

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7212, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Camy, P ^a   Doualan, J L ^a   Benayad, A ^a   Menard V ^a   Ferrier, A ^a   Velazquez M ^a   Moncorge R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Crystal; Laser; Rare earth

Indexed keywords

FUTURE TRENDS; HALIDE CRYSTALS; LASER CRYSTALS; RARE-EARTH; RARE-EARTH DOPED; STATE-OF-THE ARTS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; ERBIUM; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LASER APPLICATIONS; YTTERBIUM;

LASERS;

EID: 65349087996     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.816052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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