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New Oxide Crystals for Solid State Lasers
Author(s) -
Fornasiero L.,
Mix E.,
Peters V.,
Petermann K.,
Huber G.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4079(199902)34:2<255::aid-crat255>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - materials science , yttria stabilized zirconia , laser , oxide , rhenium , diode , rare earth , czochralski method , doping , solid state , optoelectronics , crystal (programming language) , optics , metallurgy , chemistry , ceramic , cubic zirconia , computer science , physics , programming language
Rare earth doped scandia and yttria have been grown from rhenium crucibles by the Czochralski technique ‐ to our knowledge for the first time. Spectroscopic data of Yb:Sc 2 O 3 are presented in detail and first laser experiments are reported. Despite the rather high crystal losses of about 2 % a slope efficiency of 37 % was obtained under diode pumping.