Measurement of upconversion in Er:YAG via z-scan

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2358-2361

  White, Jeffrey O ^a   Mungan, Carl E ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEARLY PROPORTIONAL; LIQUID NITROGEN TEMPERATURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; UP-CONVERSION; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE;

ERBIUM;

EID: 80053479953     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.002358     Document Type: Article

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