Cr4+-doped crystals: Their use as lasers and passive Q-switches

Progress in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 249-303

  Kalisky, Yehoshua ^a  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; Q SWITCHING; QUANTUM THEORY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TRANSITION METALS;

LASER PHYSICS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY (QE); ROOM TEMPERATURE (RT); SPECTROSCOPIC CONCEPTS;

LASERS;

EID: 9644265640     PISSN: 00796727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pquantelec.2004.09.001     Document Type: Review

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