Ce³⁺-doped Colquiriite

Laser crystals and ceramics: recent advances

“…To achieve this SE generation the radiation of KrF and ArF excimer lasers as well as quadrupled pulsed generation (λ p ≈ 0.266 µm) of Y 3 Al 5 O 12 :Nd 3+ lasers were used as pumping sources (see, e.g. [70][71][72][73]). The result of UV lasing excitation in the LuPO 4 :Ce 3+ crystal is also worth noting [74], which indicates that Ce 3+ -doped oxides are also promising materials for obtaining 5d 1 -4f 1 UV laser action.…”

Simultaneous three-photon absorption induced ultraviolet upconversion in Pr3+:Y2SiO5 crystal by femtosecond laser irradiation

“…4f n emissions of trivalent rare-earth ions in wide bandgap crystals have attracted much attention, because of their important applications in many fields, such as the environmental sciences, medicine, photolithography, material processing, high-density optical storage, and so on [1]. Recently, many UV lasers have been developed by means of intense UV one-photon pumping, such as tunable solid-state ultraviolet lasers in Ce 3+ :LiCaAlF 6 [2], Ce:LiLuF 4 [3], Nd 3+ :LaF 3 and Nd 3+ :LiYF 4 [4]. Much attention has also been paid to ultraviolet lasers by multiphoton (two, three or more)-excited upconversion because of its infrared excitation wavelength which is widely used in optical communications.…”

Vacuum ultraviolet excitation spectra of lanthanide-doped hexafluoroelpasolites

“…Due to their applications for ultraviolet lasers [1][2][3][4][5], scintillators [6][7][8], quantum cutters [9][10][11][12][13][14] and vacuum ultraviolet [15,16] or xray [17] phosphors, their 4f N −1 5d-4f N emission spectra have recently attracted much attention. The greater availability of synchrotron radiation has spurred renewed theoretical interest not only in the extension of the theoretical model developed for the 4f N configuration to the 4f N −1 5d configuration [18][19][20][21], but also in more fundamental areas such as the firstprinciples analysis method [22,23] and spin density functional procedure [24].…”