Abstract
Optical quality Nd:GdCa4O(BO3)3 (Nd:GdCOB) crystal and chromium sensitized crystal of Cr:Nd:GdCa4O(BO3)3 (Cr:Nd:GdCOB) were grown by the Czochralski (CZ) method. The transmittance spectra was measured at room temperature on 7at%Nd:GdCOB and 1at%Cr:7at%Nd:GdCOB samples. The absorption in the blue-UV region of Cr:Nd:GdCOB was larger than that of Nd:GdCOB, which matched the xenon flash lamp very well. A 3×3×10 mm3 Nd:GdCOB sample without any antireflective coating was side-pumped using a pulsed dye-laser tuned to 595.4 nm. The green-light output energy was 1.35 mJ at a pump energy of 17.5 mJ. The conversion efficiency was 7.7%, and the threshold energy was less than 1.2 mJ which are the best results up to now to our knowledge. 3×3×7 mm3 Nd:GdCOB and Cr:Nd:GdCOB samples without antireflective coatings were pumped using a flash pump source. The threshold for Cr:Nd:GdCOB was 0.9 J while for Nd:GdCOB it was 1.0 J. The output green light energy was 2.46 mJ for Cr:Nd:GdCOB at a 10 J flash pump energy and was 1.96 mJ for Nd:GdCOB at the same pump energy, which clearly shows that Cr3+ ions have the sensitizing effect on the Nd3+ ions in Nd:GdCOB crystal.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 81-88 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jan 6 2000 |
| Event | 5th IUMRS International Conference on Advanced Materials, Symposium L: Science and Technology of Artificial Crystals (IUMRS-ICAM'99) - Beijing, China Duration: Jun 13 1999 → Jun 18 1999 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics