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Optical Components and Materials

Visible emission studies of erbium doped low-phonon single crystals

Gabrielle L. Wahjosoedibjo, William North, Steven Vitale, E. Brown, Zackery D. Fleischman, Mark A. DUBINSKII, Uwe H. Hommerich, W. Pałosz, SUDHIR B. TRIVEDI

Published Jan 16, 2026• 0 citations
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10.1117/12.3080096

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