Growth and spectroscopic properties of Yb3+-doped Li6Y(BO3)3 single crystal

Growth and optical properties of the Ce-doped Li6Gd (BO3)3 crystal grown by the modified Bridgman method

“…It is shown that the full-width at the half-maximum (FWHM) is 0.023 • (82.8 arcs). This result proves that the studied crystal presents a good crystallinity compared to other borate crystals [11]. The grown crystals are colorless and transparent.…”

Ce-doped Li6Ln(BO3)3 (Ln=Y, Gd) Single crystals fibers grown by micro-pulling down method and luminescence properties

“…The LYBO system was investigated by Sablayrolles et al and the crystals were grown by the Czochralski technique [4,7,8].…”

“…The lithium atoms occupy six independent positions and are surrounded by four or five oxygen atoms. The symmetry of both Y 3+ and Gd 3+ ion sites is C1 (distorted cube) [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. Both LGBO and LYBO crystallizes in the monoclinic system with the space group P2 1 /c with the refined parameters measured on the fibers single crystals grown by micro-pulling down technique as can seen in Table 1.…”

Why so deep research on Yb3+-doped optical inorganic materials?

“…The spectroscopic properties of high-quality Czochralski grown 20% Yb 3+ -doped Li 6 Y(BO 3 ) 3 single crystal as new promising laser material have been presented [35]. Low temperature transmission spectrum exhibits broad bands in a short range of wavelengths and two sharp lines at 972.5 and 978 nm, interpreted as two zero-lines of two non-equivalent Yb 3+ centers inside the lattice.…”