Fluorescence bands of Nd3+ sites in LiNbO3:Nd,Mg laser system
- 15 November 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 70 (10) , 5582-5586
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.350371
Abstract
This paper presents a systematic investigation on the fluorescence (emission and excitation) spectra for the different Nd3+ sites which appear in the LiNbO3:Nd,Mg laser crystal. The study includes the spectral region associated to the 4F3/2 → 4I11/2 and 4F3/2 →4I9/2 radiative transitions. Three sites, denoted as Nd‐1, Nd‐2 (which also appear in the crystal without Mg2+), and Nd‐Mg, have been optically characterized and their corresponding energy levels reported. This information should be taken into account when making a laser with this material.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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