This volume presents a complete and thorough examination of advances in the
instrumentation, evaluation, and implementation of UV technology for reliable and efficient …

In the 30 years since tunable ultraviolet (UV) lasers based on 5d/spl rarr/4f transition of
trivalent lanthanides doped into solid-state hosts were first demonstrated, tremendous …

New possibilities have been investigated for recently developed solid-state tunable
ultraviolet (UV) laser materials such as Ce/sup 3+/ion-activated LuLiF/sub 4/(LLF) and …

We have developed an all-solid-state master-oscillator–power-amplifier system employing
Ce: LiCAF, a new degradation-free tunable ultraviolet laser medium pumped by the fourth …

We perform numerical simulations to investigate the spectro-temporal evolution of
broadband ultraviolet (UV) laser emission from Ce: LiCAF, modeled as a system of two …

All known solid-state UV/VUV active media based on the interconfigurational 5d-4f
transitions of trivalent rare earth ions in wide-band gap fluoride crystals are solarizable …

LiCaAlF6 (LiCAF) crystals doped with two different rare earth (RE) ions (europium and
cerium) have been investigated as potential new dosimetric materials. Thermally stimulated …

accepted for publication September 2, 1997) We have developed an all-solid-state tunable
ultraviolet laser system employing recently developed Ce: LiCAF, a new degradation-free …

We developed an all-solid-state tunable short-pulse ultraviolet master oscillator and power
amplifier (MOPA) system employing Ce 3+: LiCaAlF 6 (Ce: LiCAF) which can be pumped by …

Blue frequency-upconversion fluorescence emission has been observed in Ce^ 3+-doped
Gd_2SiO_5 single crystals, pumped with 120-fs 800 nm IR laser pulses. The observed …