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                                  3+
                                  Yb
                                   Pr3+
                                  3+
                                   Pr
                                  3+
                                   Nd
                                    Pm3+
                                    3+
                                      Ho
                                    3+
                                        Er
                                         Dy3+
                                     3+
                                          Er
                                     3+
                                          Nd
                                   Ho3+
                                      3+
                                     Tm
                                      3+
                                     Ho
                                      3+
                                      Er
                                       3+
                                       Tm
                                       3+
                                        Pr
                                       3+
                                        Er
                                       3+
                                         Er
                                       3+
                                         Er
                                        3+
                                          Ho
                                        3+
                                           Nd
                                          3+
                                               Tm
                                          3+
                                          Er
                                           3+
                                            Ho
                                             3+  3+
                                                 Ho  ,Tm
                                              3+
                                                    Dy
                                                 3+
                                                      Er
                                                   3+
                                                 Ho
                                                   3+
                                                         Dy
                                                      3+
                                                            Er
                                                        3+
                                                         Pr
                                                           3+
                                                                Ho
                                                               3+
                                                                  Dy
                                                                   3+
                                                                       Er
                                                                      3+
                                                                       Nd
                                                                      3+
                                                                         Pr
                                                                                       3+
                                                                                        Pr
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                                                       Wavelength ( mm)
                              Figure 1.1.10b   Approximate wavelengths of crystalline lanthanide-ion lasers; exact
                           wavelengths are dependent on the host and temperature and the specific Stark levels involved
                                (from the Handbook of Laser Wavelengths, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1998).
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