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Growth and spectral properties of Nd3+:Li3Ba2La3(WO4)8 crystal

BIN XIAO1,2, LIZHEN ZHANG1, ZHOUBIN LIN1, YISHENG HUANG1, GUOFU WANG1,*

Affiliation

  1. Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Material Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350003, China
  2. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100037, China

Abstract

Nd3+-doped Li3Ba2La3(WO4)8 crystal with dimensions up to 21×56×6 mm3 has been grown by the top seeded solution growth method (TSSG) from a flux of Li2WO4. The spectroscopic analysis of the Nd:LBLW crystal reveals that Nd: LBLW crystal has broad FWHM of absorption band and large absorption cross-section at 803 nm. The emission cross-sections of Nd: LBLW crystal are comparable to those for other Nd3+ crystals (see Table 3). The fluorescence quantum efficiency  is up to 95.7%. The analysis of spectral properties suggests the Nd:LBLW crystal as a potential candidate for solid-state laser materials for diode laser pumping..

Keywords

Laser crystal, Crystal growth, Spectral properties, Nd3+:Li3Ba2La3(WO4)8 crystal.

Citation

BIN XIAO, LIZHEN ZHANG, ZHOUBIN LIN, YISHENG HUANG, GUOFU WANG, Growth and spectral properties of Nd3+:Li3Ba2La3(WO4)8 crystal, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 6, 3-4, March-April 2012, pp.404-410 (2012).

Submitted at: Jan. 30, 2012

Accepted at: April 11, 2012