https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04103
A CW pulsed (the precise position depends on the matrix). The Nd3+ is present as a
laser
emitting radiation from excited Nd3+ principally occurring around dopant
in suitable crystals (e.g. yttrium–aluminium garnet, YAG) or in suitable glasses (phosphate, silicate, etc.).See:
solid state lasers