Spectroscopy of BeAl2O4:Cr3+ with application to high-temperature sensing

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2891-2897

  Pugh Thomas, Devin ^a   Walsh, Brian M ^b   Gupta, Mool C ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUMINESCENCE; PHOTONIC DEVICES;

ABSORPTION AND EMISSION CROSS SECTIONS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SENSING; LASER INDUCED; LINE TRANSITIONS; OPTICAL TEMPERATURE SENSORS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

EID: 77955990465     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.002891     Document Type: Article

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