Growth and anisotropic spectral properties of Er:YAlO3 crystal

Growth, thermal and polarized spectral properties of Nd3+-doped Li3Ba2Gd3(MoO4)8 crystal

“…Therefore, considerable attention has been devoted to the search for new more efficient materials for pumping [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Among the reported crystals, some molybdate crystals with disordered structure have generated a great deal of interest due to their intriguing properties such as high damage threshold, wide absorption band and high quantum efficiency which made them promising materials for solid-state laser gain media [11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

Near-infrared emission bands of Er3+-doped YAP and LSO crystals

“…A detailed description of crystal growth for the two crystals has been reported in Ref. [29,30], respectively. For the spectroscopic measurements, each sample was cut into 2 Â 10 Â 10 mm 3 size from the boule and two faces where optically polished.…”

Effects of Bi3+ doping on the optical properties of Er3+:Y2O3

“…Among luminescent rare earth ions, Er 3+ is one of the most popular efficient ions, because its excited states ( 4 I 11/2 ) with long lifetimes can be easily populated by 980 nm irradiation [4,5]. As for the host for luminescent materials, most attention has been paid to oxide ceramics and nanopowders recently [6][7][8].…”

“…Y 2 O 3 is a promising oxide host material due to its high melting point, high chemical stability and low phonon energy. Er 3+ :Y 2 O 3 has been established as one of the model systems for generating efficient upconversion radiation under 980 nm laser excitation [4,5].…”