Polarized spectral properties and laser demonstration of Tm 3+-doped LiGd-MoO4)2 crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1769-1777

  Tang, Jianfeng ^a,b   Chen, Yujin ^a   Lin, Yanfu ^a   Gong, Xinghong ^a   Huang, Jianhua ^a   Luo, Zundu ^a   Huang, Yidong ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; PUMPING (LASER); SAPPHIRE; THULIUM;

CONTINUOUS WAVE; CZOCHRALSKI METHODS; DECAY MECHANISMS; END-PUMPED; FLUORESCENCE DECAYS; LASER EMISSION; LASER OPERATIONS; POLARIZED ABSORPTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; SPECTROSCOPIC PARAMETERS; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 77956543584     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.001769     Document Type: Article

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