Fifty years of advances in solid-state laser materials

Optical Materials

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-512

  Boulon, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Crystal growth techniques; Laser diode pumped solid state lasers; Metal transition ions; Optical spectroscopy; Rare earth ions; Solid state laser materials

Indexed keywords

METAL IONS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; RARE EARTHS; SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH TECHNIQUES; LASER-DIODE-PUMPED SOLID STATE LASERS; METAL TRANSITION IONS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; RARE EARTH IONS; SOLID STATE LASER MATERIALS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 84855213784     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2011.04.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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