Temperature-dependent stimulated emission cross section in Nd 3+:YVO4 crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2084-2088

  Turri, Giorgio ^a   Jenssen, Hans P ^b   Cornacchia, Francesco ^c   Tonelli, Mauro ^c   Bass, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AC Materials Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE CRYSTALS; STIMULATED EMISSION;

EXCITED STATE LIFETIMES; ND : YVO; NEODYMIUM DOPED; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; STIMULATED EMISSION CROSS SECTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE RANGE; YTTRIUM ORTHOVANADATE;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 70450198921     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.002084     Document Type: Article

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