Crystal growth and characterization of Nd3+:(LaxGd1-x)3Ga5 O12 laser crystal

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1242-1253

  Fu, Xiuwei ^a   Jia, Zhitai ^a   Li, Yanbin ^a   Yuan, Dongsheng ^a   Dong, Chunming ^a   Tao, Xutang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-GROWN; LASER CRYSTALS; LASER MATERIALS; LASER OPERATIONS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; SEGREGATION COEFFICIENTS; SPECTRAL PARAMETERS; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GADOLINIUM; JUDD-OFELT THEORY; NEODYMIUM;

LANTHANUM;

EID: 84870723548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.001242     Document Type: Article

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