Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 An introduction to lasers
- 2 Symmetry considerations
- 3 Optical crystals: their structures, colours and growth
- 4 Energy levels of ions in crystals
- 5 Spectra of ions in crystals
- 6 Radiationless transitions
- 7 Energy transfer and excited state absorption
- 8 Covalency
- 9 Engineering the crystal field
- 10 The crystal field engineered
- References
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 An introduction to lasers
- 2 Symmetry considerations
- 3 Optical crystals: their structures, colours and growth
- 4 Energy levels of ions in crystals
- 5 Spectra of ions in crystals
- 6 Radiationless transitions
- 7 Energy transfer and excited state absorption
- 8 Covalency
- 9 Engineering the crystal field
- 10 The crystal field engineered
- References
- Index
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- Crystal-Field Engineering of Solid-State Laser Materials , pp. 393 - 398Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000