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Optical properties of Yb3+-doped Sr3Y2(BO3)4 crystal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2012

Yan Zhang  and
Guofu Wang
Yan Zhang*
Affiliation:
Department of Material Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 200235, China: and Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
Guofu Wang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: yanzhang@sit.edu.cn
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Abstract

Yb3+:Sr3Y2(BO3)4 crystals have been grown successfully by Czochralski method. The compound crystallizes in orthorhombic system, space group Pnma, with a = 7.4062(3) Å, b = 16.0030(7) Å, c = 8.7130(4) Å, α = β = γ = 90°, and Z = 4. Yb3+:Sr3Y2(BO3)4 has three cationic sites and two kinds of boron sites. The crystalline quality of the Yb3+:Sr3Y2(BO3)4 single crystal was verified by the width of the x-ray diffraction peak in the x-ray rocking curves measurement. The absorption spectrum, emission spectrum, and fluorescence lifetime of the Yb3+:Sr3Y2(BO3)4 crystal were detected at room temperature. The laser performance parameters βmin, Ipsat, and Imin were calculated.

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Crystal growthYb3+-doped Sr3Y2(BO3)4 crystalOptical properties
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 27 , Issue 16 , 28 August 2012 , pp. 2106 - 2110
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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