• DocumentCode
    1064479
  • Title

    Nonradiative relaxation of rare-earth ions in silicate laser glass

  • Author

    Layne, C.B. ; Lowdermilk, W.H. ; Weber, M.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of California, Lawrence Livermore Lab., Livermore, CA, USA
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1975
  • fDate
    9/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    798
  • Lastpage
    799
  • Abstract
    Rates for nonradiative decay by multiphonon emission are measured for rare-earth ions in silicate laser glass and used to estimate quantum efficiencies.
  • Keywords
    Crystalline materials; Crystals; Energy states; Glass; Laser excitation; Lattices; Optical pulses; Phonons; Pump lasers; Research and development;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1975.1068921
  • Filename
    1068921