Analyses of 4f11 energy levels and transition intensities between stark levels of Er3+ in Y3Al5O12

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 406-422

  Burdick, Gary W ^a   Gruber, John B ^b   Nash, Kelly L ^b   Chandra, Sreerenjini ^b   Sardar, Dhiraj K ^b  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 77955113589     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010.2010.487019     Document Type: Article

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