Tm3+/Ho3+ co-doped LiGd(MoO4)2 crystal as laser gain medium around 2.0 μm

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1064-1075

  Tang, Jianfeng ^a,b   Chen, Yujin ^a   Lin, Yanfu ^a   Gong, Xinghong ^a   Huang, Jianhua ^a   Luo, Zundu ^a   Huang, Yidong ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; DECAY CURVES; END-PUMPED; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; GAIN MEDIA; HO3+ ION; LASER GAIN MEDIUM; PULSED DIODE LASER; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; SPECTROSCOPIC PARAMETERS; STIMULATED EMISSION CROSS SECTION;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 84867047207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.001064     Document Type: Article

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