Crystal growth, spectroscopic characterization, and continuous wave laser operation of Nd3+-doped LiLuF4 crystal

Laser Physics Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-268

  Zhao, C C ^a,b   Hang, Y ^a   Zhang, L H ^a   He, X M ^a   Yin, J G ^a,b   Li, R ^a,b   Yu, T ^a   Chen, W B ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

CW laser operation; Czochralski method; Nd:LiLuF4 crystal; Solid state laser; Spectral properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952796644     PISSN: 16122011     EISSN: 1612202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lapl.201010121     Document Type: Article

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