Effect of Niobium on Yb:GdVO4 single crystal

✍ Scribed by Jingling Chen; Jianzhong Chen; Conggui Lin; Naifeng Zhuang; Xinsong Lin

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 208 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0925-3467
• DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2005.03.008

✦ Synopsis

A study was made on effect of niobium on the GdVO 4 crystal structure. Yb:GdV 0.995 Nb 0.005 O 4 crystals were grown by the Czochralski method, and their transmission spectra, absorption spectra, and fluorescence spectra were measured. The GdV 0.995 Nb 0.005 O 4 crystals acting as new laser host crystals do not affect the absorption of Yb 3+ . Some spectrum parameters calculated by the Fuchbauer-Ladenburger method indicate that doping of Nb 5+ in the GdVO 4 crystal improves the spectroscopic properties of Yb 3+ .