Growth and optical properties of Tm:GdVO4 single crystal

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作者
Urata, Y [1 ]
Akagawa, K
Wada, S
Tashiro, H
Suh, SJ
Yoon, DH
Fukuda, T
机构
[1] Inst Phys & Chem Res, Photodynam Res Ctr, Sendai, Miyagi 980, Japan
[2] Sungkyunkwan Univ, Dept Met Engn, Suwon 440746, South Korea
[3] Tohoku Univ, Inst Mat Res, Sendai, Miyagi 98077, Japan
关键词
vanadate; single crystal; optical property; absorption; fluorescence; solid-state laser;
D O I
10.1002/(SICI)1521-4079(199901)34:1<41::AID-CRAT41>3.0.CO;2-C
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O7 [晶体学];
学科分类号
0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
Thulium-doped gadolinium vanadate (Tm:GdVO4) single crystal has been successfully grown by a modified Czochralski (CZ) technique. Effective distribution coefficient of Tm was determined to be 0.74. Absorption characterization was performed in the 800 nm region and the maximum absorption peak was found at 799 nm for pi polarization. Fluorescence spectra for tuning at the maximum absorption were obtained around 1.8-2.0 mu m region with 100 nm bandwidth. This suggests that a Tm:GdVO4 crystal is expected as a new promising LD pumped solid-state laser in the 2 mu m region.
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