Journal of Synthetic Crystals, Volume. 53, Issue 11, 1868(2024)

Spectral and Laser Properties of Er3+-Doped CaYAlO4 Crystals

ZHANG Zhiheng1... HOU Wentao2, LIU Jian1, LI Dongzhen3, XUE Yanyan4, WANG Qingguo3, LYU Shasha1,*, XU Xiaodong1 and XU Jun3 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
  • 2School of Semiconductor and Physics, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
  • 3School of Physical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
  • 4Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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    ZHANG Zhiheng, HOU Wentao, LIU Jian, LI Dongzhen, XUE Yanyan, WANG Qingguo, LYU Shasha, XU Xiaodong, XU Jun. Spectral and Laser Properties of Er3+-Doped CaYAlO4 Crystals[J]. Journal of Synthetic Crystals, 2024, 53(11): 1868

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    Received: Sep. 2, 2024

    Accepted: Jan. 2, 2025

    Published Online: Jan. 2, 2025

    The Author Email: Shasha LYU (lvshasha@jsnu.edu.cn)

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