Laser action in Nd3+-doped lanthanum oxysulfide powders

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 23690-23699

  Iparraguirre, Iñaki ^a   Azkargorta, Jon ^a   Merdrignac Conanec, Odile ^b   Al Saleh, Mohamad ^a   Chlique, Christophe ^b   Zhang, Xianghua ^b   Balda, Rolindes ^a,c   Fernández, Joaquín ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTHANUM; NEODYMIUM; POWDERS; STIMULATED EMISSION;

EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; ION CONCENTRATIONS; LASER ACTION; LASING THRESHOLD; PUMPING ENERGIES; PUMPING WAVELENGTH; RARE EARTH CONCENTRATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM OXIDE; NEODYMIUM; OXIDE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; LASER; POWDER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LANTHANUM; LASERS; NEODYMIUM; OXIDES; POWDERS; SULFIDES;

EID: 84867318320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.023690     Document Type: Article

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