Spectral and laser properties of Er: Yb: Sr3Lu2(BO3)4 crystal at 1.5-1.6 μm

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1885-1892

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

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; EFFICIENCY OF ENERGY TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE DECAYS; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HEMISPHERICAL CAVITIES; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES;

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; YTTERBIUM;

ERBIUM;

EID: 84888055772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.001885     Document Type: Article

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