Spectroscopic and laser properties of Er3+, Pr3+ co-doped LiYF4 crystal

Zhengda Sun; Feifei Wang; Haiping Xia; Hongkun Nie; Kejian Yang; Ruihua Wang; Jingliang He; Baitao Zhang

doi:10.3788/COL202119.081404

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