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Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics

Influence of crystal size and temperature on the stimulated emission spectrum of CuBr

М. С. Бродин, N. I. Vitrikhovskiǐ, A. A. Kipen, L. N. Iamkovaia, N I Yanushevskiĭ

Published Mar 31, 1989• 1 citation
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Abstract

Experimental data show that the dominant light amplification channel, responsible for the development of lasing in CuBr crystals and consequently for the appearance of new bands in their luminescence spectra during intense single-photon excitation at temperatures of 4.2–300 K, involves stimulated processes which accompany inelastic exciton–electron interactions.

DOI
10.1070/qe1989v019n03abeh007845

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