Revisiting the optical properties of Nd doped yttrium orthovanadate

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 644-647

  Zelmon, David E ^a   Lee, Julie H ^a   Currin, Kelly M ^a   Northridge, Jessica M ^a   Perlov, Dan ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Crystal Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; EMISSION CROSS SECTION; LASING THRESHOLD; MEASUREMENTS OF; NONLINEAR OPTICAL ELEMENTS; THERMO-OPTIC COEFFICIENTS; TRADITIONAL MATERIALS; YTTRIUM ORTHOVANADATE;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 76649129581     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.000644     Document Type: Article

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