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Preparation and Fabrication of Molybdate Single Crystals for Optical Maser Studies
Author(s) -
RUBIN J. J.,
THOMAS R. A.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1965.tb11807.x
Subject(s) - molybdate , maser , resonator , ion , materials science , fabrication , optoelectronics , range (aeronautics) , optics , chemistry , physics , metallurgy , medicine , alternative medicine , organic chemistry , pathology , composite material
Molybdates containing trivalent rare‐earth ions are of interest for optical maser studies. Large single crystals of CaMoO 4 were pulled by the Czochralski technique. The addition of Nb 5+ ions to the melt led to consistently high optical quality CaMoO 4 :Nd 3+ crystals. This improvement resulted in optical maser resonators with thresholds approaching the range required for continuous wave operation at room temperature.