Growth and evaluation of ytterbium-doped yttrium aluminum borate as a potential self-doubling laser crystal

Growth and optical properties of YbxGd1−xAl3(BO3)4 single crystals with different Yb3+ concentration

“…Considering Nd 3+ ions have similar Stark energy level structure in the YAB [14] and GAB [6] crystals, the Stark energy level diagram of Yb 3+ ions in YAB crystal [15] was adopted approximately in the calculation of E ZL , Z l , and Z u . At last, σ em (1040 nm) = 0.7 × 10 −20 cm 2 for -polarized was estimated from Eq.…”

Crystal-field analysis of Er3+ ions in yttrium aluminium borate (YAB) single crystals

“…Er 3+ ions can then substitute for Y 3+ without causing any symmetry distortion. The Al 3+ ions are in octahedral sites whereas three oxygen atoms with triangular geometry surround the B 3+ ones [7,8].…”

Second harmonic generation in Na3Gd2(BO3)3 crystals

“…These crystals can combine the infrared laser emission of neodymium or ytterbium with the second-harmonic generation (SHG) property of the hosts to produce visible laser radiation by SFD, leading to simple, compact and robust devices. As a consequence, besides the well-known nonlinear optical crystals of YAl 3 (BO 3 ) 4 [4,5] and YCa 4 O(BO 3 ) 3 [6] series, numerous crystals such as La 2 CaB 10 O 19 [7], Na 3 La 9 O 3 (BO 3 ) 8 [8], BiB 3 O 8 [9], BaCaBO 3 F [10,11] and YCa 9 (VO 4 ) 7 [12], have been exploited and investigated extensively.…”

“…Powder samples with sizes of 70-120 µm were prepared, and microcrystalline KDP severed as comparative standards. The intensity of SHG signal for Na 3 Gd 2 (BO 3 ) 3 crystal is 1.3 times as large as that of KDP (d 36 = 0.39 pm/V), which is much smaller than that of YAl 3 (BO 3 ) 4 (d eff = 1.42 pm/V) [4]. According to the anionic group theory [20] [7] and BaCaBO 3 F [10].…”