Thermal characterization of lowly Nd3+ doped disordered Nd: CNGG crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 9270-9275

  Yu, Y G ^a   Wang, J Y ^a   Zhang, H J ^a   Wang, Z P ^a   Yu, H H ^a   Sun, S Q ^a   Xia, H R ^a   Jiang, M H ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

PUMP POWER; THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION; THERMAL LENS; THERMAL-OPTICAL;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID STATE LASER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LENSES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 66449123347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.009270     Document Type: Article

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