Laser development of rare-earth doped crystals

Spectroscopic properties of Yb3+: LuLiF4 crystal grown by the Czochralski method for laser applications and evaluation of quenching processes: a comparison with Yb3+: YLiF4

“…Indeed, it has been shown that Ce:LLF exhibits much better laser performance than Ce:YLF [15]. In the case of Nd doping as well, LLF system has a 1047 nm emission bandwidth 25% larger than Nd:YLF, which makes it very promising for laser mode-locked operation [16]. Moreover, in a recent work [17], Tm-Ho co-doped LLF showed better laser performance than YLF as eye safe laser at 2 m. Therefore, we investigated Yb 3+ -doped LLF as a laser material and compared it with Yb 3+ -doped YLF.…”

Energy Level Structure of LiYF<SUB>4</SUB>:Dy<SUP>3+</SUP>: Crystal Field Analysis

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6] Among these materials, lithium yttrium fluoride LiYF 4 (YLF) is of a special interest due to its specific features, namely: wide transparent range (from 0.15 to 7.5 mm), low value of induced nonlinear refractive index, and optical, thermal, and radiation stability. The YLF crystal has the scheelite structure; 7) its space group is I4 1 =aðC 6 4h Þ.…”

Trends in the crystal (ligand) field parameters and the associated conserved quantities for trivalent rare-earth ions at S4 symmetry sites in LiYF4

“…Supplementing the data obtained from the optical spectroscopy studies discussed in this paper with those available from the EMR studies for various rare-earth ions in LiYF 4 and in similar systems (see, e.g. [69][70][71][72]) would enable a more comprehensive treatment of the spectroscopic properties, which are important for laser applications of these materials [73].…”