Crystal growth, optical properties, and continuous-wave laser operation of Nd3+-doped CaNb2O6 crystal

Laser Physics Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 740-745

  Cheng, Y ^a,b,c   Xu, X D ^a   Xin, Z ^d   Yang, X B ^a   Xiao, X D ^b,e   Li, D Z ^a,b   Zhao, C C ^a,b   Xu, J ^e   Zhou, S M ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c STATE GRID SHANDONG ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d SHANDONG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; CW laser operation; Czochralski method; Solid state laser; Spectral properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349519185     PISSN: 16122011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lapl.200910065     Document Type: Article

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