TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparative study of crystal growth and laser properties of Nd:YVO4, Nd:GdVO4 and Nd
T2 - Proceedings of the 8th ICEM 2002
AU - Zhang, Huaijin
AU - Wang, Jiyang
AU - Wang, Changqing
AU - Zhu, Li
AU - Hu, Xiaobo
AU - Meng, Xianlin
AU - Jiang, Minhua
AU - Chow, Y. T.
PY - 2003/7
Y1 - 2003/7
N2 - The crystal growth of vanadate crystals is realised. Nd:YVO4, Nd:GdVO4 and Nd:GdxLa1-xVO4 (x=0.80, 0.60, 0.45) are determined effective segregation coefficients and laser properties of these crystals. All the crystals have the zircon structure with the space group of I41/amd. We find the Nd:YVO4 crystal is the easiest one to grow among these crystals, the laser and thermal properties of Nd:GdVO4 are the best, and Nd:GdxLa1-xVO4 (x=0.80, 0.60, 0.45) crystals are the most difficult to be grown among the vanadate crystals. Under the pumping power of a 3 W laser diode, output powers of 1.27 W at 1.06 μm and 800 mW at 1.34 μm for the Nd:GdVO4 crystal, 1.14 W at 1.06 μm and 780 mW at 1.34 μm for the Nd:YVO4 crystal, and 1.18 W at 1.06 μm and 671 mW at 1.34 μm for the Nd:Gd0.8La0.2VO4 crystal were obtained, and intracavity frequency-doubling to 532 and 670 nm was also demonstrated using KTiOPO4 and LiB3O5 crystals. © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - The crystal growth of vanadate crystals is realised. Nd:YVO4, Nd:GdVO4 and Nd:GdxLa1-xVO4 (x=0.80, 0.60, 0.45) are determined effective segregation coefficients and laser properties of these crystals. All the crystals have the zircon structure with the space group of I41/amd. We find the Nd:YVO4 crystal is the easiest one to grow among these crystals, the laser and thermal properties of Nd:GdVO4 are the best, and Nd:GdxLa1-xVO4 (x=0.80, 0.60, 0.45) crystals are the most difficult to be grown among the vanadate crystals. Under the pumping power of a 3 W laser diode, output powers of 1.27 W at 1.06 μm and 800 mW at 1.34 μm for the Nd:GdVO4 crystal, 1.14 W at 1.06 μm and 780 mW at 1.34 μm for the Nd:YVO4 crystal, and 1.18 W at 1.06 μm and 671 mW at 1.34 μm for the Nd:Gd0.8La0.2VO4 crystal were obtained, and intracavity frequency-doubling to 532 and 670 nm was also demonstrated using KTiOPO4 and LiB3O5 crystals. © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
KW - Crystal growth
KW - Laser properties
KW - Vanadate crystal
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U2 - 10.1016/S0925-3467(02)00337-3
DO - 10.1016/S0925-3467(02)00337-3
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0925-3467
VL - 23
SP - 449
EP - 454
JO - Optical Materials
JF - Optical Materials
IS - 1-2
Y2 - 10 June 2002 through 14 June 2002
ER -