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

Pu Wang; Judith M. Dawes; Peter Dekker; David S. Knowles; James A. Piper; Baosheng Lu

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

Pu Wang, Judith M. Dawes, Peter Dekker, David S. Knowles, James A. Piper, Baosheng Lu

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Abstract

The doped nonlinear optical crystal, ytterbium: yttrium aluminum borate, Yb³⁺:YAl₃(BO₃)₄, has been grown with good optical quality in a high-temperature solution from K₂Mo₃O₁₀ and B₂O₃ fluxes. Room- and low-temperature absorption and fluorescence spectra have been measured, and spectral parameters have been calculated. The ground-state energy-level splitting is 581 cm^-1. The emission lifetime, the absorption cross section, and the peak emission cross section are 0.68 ms, 3.4 × 10^-20 cm², and 0.8 × 10^-20 cm², respectively. In comparison with established laser crystals, the results for the cross sections, lifetime, and energy splitting suggest that this crystal has potential as an efficient self-frequency-doubled laser operating in the green.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	63-69
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume	16
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 1999

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

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