Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Pearl Maul, left, has nine children to attest to the midwivivg skills of Arvena Collier, right."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Pawhuska's Leslie Core put it all together Friday to win women's state amateur title"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Camp Fire boys and girls from the city area get ready for the Osmond Family's July 1 show at Norman."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Demee Caporal of Oklahoma City, a junior at the University of Oklahoma."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gov. George Nigh sits with neighborhood association president Robert Carpenter during a recent Warrior Heights neighborhood meeting."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "When Margaret R. Johnson, a horticulturist and master judge from Santa Fe. N.M."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jacquetta Porta, Debbie Durland and Ruth Meyers wear designed by Michaele Vollbracht."

This document contains visual aids used in an invited talk entitled Modern Solid State Laser Materials, presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) held in Anaheim, California, on June 20, 1984. Interest at LLNL in solid state lasers focuses on evaluating the potential of solid state laser media for high average power applications, including inertial fusion power production. This talk identifies the relevant bulk material parameters characterizing average power capacity and uses chromium and neodymium co-doped gadolinium scandium gallium garnet (Nd:Cr:GSGG) as an example of a laser material with improved laser properties relative to Nd:YAG (plausible large-scale growth, more efficient spectral coupling to xenon flashlamp radiation, reduced stimulated emission cross section, adequate thermal shock and optical damage threshold parameters, etc.). Recently measured spectroscopic, kinetic, and thermo-mechanical properties of Nd:Cr:GSGG are given.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Camelot Square a $3.5 million, 118,000-square-foot retail center, is under construction on eight acres of property at NW 122 and Pennsylvania."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mercedes Cabrera spoons meat into tamales."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tracy Stout stirs the tamale ingredients for her grandmother, Mercedes Cabrera."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An extreme wide angle camera lens gives a different perspective on Oklahoma City university's new $3.5 million Noble Center for Competitive Enterprise."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Construction has begun on the new $18 million Marriott hotel at 3233 Northwest Expressway."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Prefabricated concrete walls are quickly going up at the Salvation Army's Corps Community Center at Southeast 44 and Bryant."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Vincent Martinez and Leandra Munoz mix another batch of tamale dough."

Weekly newspaper from Burleson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Dublin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semiweekly newspaper from Levelland, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An elephant from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus greets people who gathered Wednesday night to watch the elephant and other animals featured in the circus be moved from the nearby rail switching area to the Myriad."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "No opening night jitters here as house manager David Wilder joins cast members Charlotte Franklin, Charles Tweed, Jon Reed and Lisa Fox Adams backstage."

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.