Spectroscopy and diode-pumped laser experiments of LiLuF 4:Tm3+ crystals

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1076-1082

  Cornacchia, Francesco ^a   Parisi, Daniela ^a   Tonelli, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Diode pumped laser; Laser spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; DIODE PUMPED LASERS; DIODE PUMPING LASERS; DIODE-PUMPED LASER; DOPING DENSITIES; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; JUDD-OFELT ANALYSIS; LASER EMISSION; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TRIVALENT ION; VIBRONIC EMISSIONS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIODES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; THULIUM;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 67650728748     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2008.2000923     Document Type: Article

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