Comparison of optical, mechanical and thermo-optical properties of oxide polycrystalline laser gain materials with single crystals

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Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Quarles, Gregory J ^a   Castillo, Vida K ^a   Dumm, John Q ^a   Messing, Gary L ^b   Lee, Sang Ho ^b  

^a II VI Inc   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

CERAMIC OXIDES; GAIN MATERIALS; LASER PERFORMANCE; POLYCRYSTALLINE LASERS; THERMO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES; THERMOOPTICS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 85088342262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/fio.2006.fmk4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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