Comparative study of the electronic structure of two laser crystals: BeAl2O4 and LiYF4

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2001, Pages

  Ching, W Y ^a   Xu, Yong Nian ^a   Brickeen, B K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b HONEYWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS; LASER;

EID: 85038937314     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.115101     Document Type: Article

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