Variation of the stimulated emission cross section in Nd: YAG caused by the structural changes of Russell-Saunders manifolds

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 514-522

  Sato, Yoichi ^a   Taira, Takunori ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING RATIO; DOPING CONCENTRATION; FABRICATION PROCESS; ND: YAG; STARK SPLITTING; STIMULATED EMISSION CROSS SECTION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; STIMULATED EMISSION;

NEODYMIUM;

EID: 84862229781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.000514     Document Type: Article

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