Crystal growth and characterization of KY(WO4)2 and KGd(WO4)2 for laser applications Export

@article{citeulike:2243992, abstract = {Potassium yttrium tungstate (KYW) and potassium gadolinium tungstate (KGW) single crystal are technologically important materials due to their third order non-linear optical properties and as laser host materials. Several flux systems namely K2WO4, K2W2O7, K2W3O10 etc. can be used for the growth from solution. In the present communication, KYW and KGW single crystals were grown by top seed solution growth method (TSSG), with two different flux systems, K2WO4 and K2W2O7. The color of the doped crystals varies from deep violet to transparent violet depending on the concentration of Nd dopants. Co-doping Yb with Nd slightly improves the transparency of the as-grown crystals. X-ray powder diffraction result confirms the [alpha]-phase of the grown crystals and the peaks corresponding to different phases were indexed. Prominent Raman line for these crystals was identified at 904 cm-1 and the peaks corresponding to impurities like CO2 and H2O stretching are observed as trace. FT-IR analysis on these crystals confirms the presence of all functional groups related to the composition of the [alpha]-phase.}, author = {Senthil and Moorthy and Ganesamoorthy, S. and Bhaumik, I. and Karnal, A. K.}, booktitle = {The third Asian Conference on Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology}, citeulike-article-id = {2243992}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2006.04.037}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJ6-4K1X89K-R/2/cb1a0c69730dd2d0157d16cd7e7ca91d}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2006.04.037}, journal = {Journal of Crystal Growth}, keywords = {jcg}, month = {July}, number = {2}, pages = {368--372}, posted-at = {2008-01-17 09:31:35}, priority = {2}, title = {Crystal growth and characterization of KY(WO4)2 and KGd(WO4)2 for laser applications}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2006.04.037}, volume = {292}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2243992 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2243992 N2 - Potassium yttrium tungstate (KYW) and potassium gadolinium tungstate (KGW) single crystal are technologically important materials due to their third order non-linear optical properties and as laser host materials. Several flux systems namely K2WO4, K2W2O7, K2W3O10 etc. can be used for the growth from solution. In the present communication, KYW and KGW single crystals were grown by top seed solution growth method (TSSG), with two different flux systems, K2WO4 and K2W2O7. The color of the doped crystals varies from deep violet to transparent violet depending on the concentration of Nd dopants. Co-doping Yb with Nd slightly improves the transparency of the as-grown crystals. X-ray powder diffraction result confirms the [alpha]-phase of the grown crystals and the peaks corresponding to different phases were indexed. Prominent Raman line for these crystals was identified at 904 cm-1 and the peaks corresponding to impurities like CO2 and H2O stretching are observed as trace. FT-IR analysis on these crystals confirms the presence of all functional groups related to the composition of the [alpha]-phase. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Crystal Growth EP - 372 TI - Crystal growth and characterization of KY(WO4)2 and KGd(WO4)2 for laser applications VL - 292 T2 - The third Asian Conference on Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology SP - 368 KW - jcg AU - Senthil AU - Moorthy AU - Ganesamoorthy, S AU - Bhaumik, I AU - Karnal, AK PY - 2006/07/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2006.04.037 ER -