Crystal growth, optical and spectroscopic characterisation of monoclinic KY(WO4)2 co-doped with Er3+ and Yb3+ Export

@article{citeulike:2245052, abstract = {We grew un-doped KY(WO4)2 (hereafter KYW), Er3+ and Yb3+ single-doped KYW and Er3+, Yb3+ co-doped KYW single crystals at several dopant concentrations by the Top-Seeded Solution Growth slow-cooling method (TSSG). We studied several optical properties of the host (the transparency window, the orientation of the principal optical axes and the measurement of the refractive indices as a function of the wavelength). We also analysed the spectroscopy of Er3+ and Yb3+ ions in KYW in terms of the optical absorption at room temperature (RT) and at low temperature (6 K), and the luminescence at RT and 10 K in the 1425-1650 nm range corresponding to the 1.5 [mu]m emission of Er3+ (4I13/2 --> 4I15/2 transition), after pumping at 981 nm (overlap in energy between 4I11/2 and 2F5/2 levels of Er3+ and Yb3+, respectively) and at 798 nm (4I9/2 level of Er3+). Luminescence was studied in terms of optical emission and lifetimes measurements.}, author = {Mateos, X. and Sole, R. and Gavalda, Jna and Aguilo, M. and Massons, J. and Diaz, F.}, citeulike-article-id = {2245052}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2004.12.024}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TXP-4GFCPSG-7/2/9cc9eb56f56b6b70c6565b138be02e2a}, doi = {10.1016/j.optmat.2004.12.024}, journal = {Optical Materials}, keywords = {kyw, optmat}, month = {March}, number = {4}, pages = {423--431}, posted-at = {2008-01-17 13:05:12}, priority = {2}, title = {Crystal growth, optical and spectroscopic characterisation of monoclinic KY(WO4)2 co-doped with Er3+ and Yb3+}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2004.12.024}, volume = {28}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2245052 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2245052 N2 - We grew un-doped KY(WO4)2 (hereafter KYW), Er3+ and Yb3+ single-doped KYW and Er3+, Yb3+ co-doped KYW single crystals at several dopant concentrations by the Top-Seeded Solution Growth slow-cooling method (TSSG). We studied several optical properties of the host (the transparency window, the orientation of the principal optical axes and the measurement of the refractive indices as a function of the wavelength). We also analysed the spectroscopy of Er3+ and Yb3+ ions in KYW in terms of the optical absorption at room temperature (RT) and at low temperature (6 K), and the luminescence at RT and 10 K in the 1425-1650 nm range corresponding to the 1.5 [mu]m emission of Er3+ (4I13/2 --> 4I15/2 transition), after pumping at 981 nm (overlap in energy between 4I11/2 and 2F5/2 levels of Er3+ and Yb3+, respectively) and at 798 nm (4I9/2 level of Er3+). Luminescence was studied in terms of optical emission and lifetimes measurements. IS - 4 JF - Optical Materials EP - 431 TI - Crystal growth, optical and spectroscopic characterisation of monoclinic KY(WO4)2 co-doped with Er3+ and Yb3+ VL - 28 SP - 423 KW - kyw KW - optmat AU - Mateos, X AU - Sole, R AU - Gavalda, Jna AU - Aguilo, M AU - Massons, J AU - Diaz, F PY - 2006/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2004.12.024 ER -