Upconversion ultraviolet random lasing in Nd3+ doped fluoroindate glass powder

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 5620-5626

  De Oliveira, Marcos A S ^a   De Araújo, Cid B ^a   Messaddeq, Younes ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; GLASS; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL PUMPING; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

DECAY TIME; EXCITED IONS; FLUOROINDATE GLASS; LASER THRESHOLD; LOWER ENERGIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; PUMP LASER; RANDOM LASERS; RANDOM LASING; RESONANT EXCITATION; TIME DURATION; UP-CONVERSION;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 79952615742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.005620     Document Type: Article

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