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Title: Absolute excited-state absorption cross section and fluorescence quantum efficiency of Cr/sup 3 +/: gadolinium scandium gallium garnet

Journal Article · · Opt. Lett.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.12.000798· OSTI ID:6249889

Excited-state properties of the laser material Cr/sup 3 +/:Gd/sub 3/Sc/sub 2/(GaO/sub 4/)/sub 3/ were determined by a photocaloric technique. The excited-state absorption cross section at 650 nm is (3.6 +- 0.6)10/sup -20/ cm/sup 2/, and the fluorescence quantum efficiency at ambient temperature is (91 +- 1)%.

Research Organization:
FB Physik, Universitaet Oldenburg, P.O. Box 2503, 2900 Oldenburg, Federal Republic of Germany
OSTI ID:
6249889
Journal Information:
Opt. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 12:10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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