Fluorescence of Er3+: AlN polycrystalline ceramic

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-91

  Merkle, Larry D ^a   Sutorik, Anthony C ^a   Sanamyan, Tigran ^a   Hussey, Lindsay K ^a,b   Gilde, Gary ^a   Cooper, Christopher ^a   Dubinskii, Mark ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALN; BULK ALN; EMISSION AND ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTION; HOT-PRESS SINTERING; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; POLYCRYSTALLINE CERAMICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT FLUORESCENCE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; SINTERING;

ERBIUM;

EID: 84862154505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000078     Document Type: Article

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