Role of pump duration on temperature and efficiency of up-conversion in fluoride crystals co-doped with ytterbium and thulium

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 5215-5220

  Rapaport, Alexandra ^a   Milliez, Janet ^a   Bass, Michael ^a   Cassanho, Arlete ^b   Jenssen, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AC Materials   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; THULIUM;

DIGITAL MICROMIRROR DEVICES; FLUORIDE CRYSTALS; RARE EARTH DOPED MATERIALS;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 9144232465     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005215     Document Type: Article

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