Growth, structure, and optical properties of a self-activated crystal: Na3Nd9O3(BO3)8

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作者
Shan, Faxian [1 ,2 ]
Xia, Mingjun [1 ]
Zhang, Guochun [1 ]
Yao, Jiyong [1 ]
Zhang, Xinyuan [1 ,2 ]
Xu, Tianxiang [3 ]
Wu, Yicheng [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Funct Crystals & Laser Technol, Ctr Crystal Res & Dev, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[3] Shandong Univ, State Key Lab Crystal Mat, Jinan 250100, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Na3Nd9O3(BO3)(8); Crystal structure; Fluorescence; Self-activated crystal; LASER MATERIAL; NEODYMIUM METAPHOSPHATE; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME; NDAL3(BO3)(4) NAB; MICROCHIP LASER; KNDP4O12; NDP5O14; BORATE;
D O I
10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2015.02.002
中图分类号
O61 [无机化学];
学科分类号
070301 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A self-activated crystal Na3Nd9O3(BO3)(8) has been grown by using Na2CO3-B2O3-NaF as flux. Its structure was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Na3Nd9O3(BO3)(8) crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system, space group P (6) over bar 2m with unit-cell parameters a = 8.7611 angstrom, c = 8.4579 angstrom, Z = 1, and V = 562.23 angstrom(3), which is isostructural with Na3La9O3(BO3)(8). Na3Nd9O3(BO3)(8) has a high Nd3+ concentration (1.60 x 10(22) ions/cm(3)), almost three times that of the self-activated crystal NdAl3(BO3)(4) (NAB). The absorption and emission spectra as well as decay time for F-4(3/2) to I-4(11/2) transition in Na3Nd9O3(BO3)(8) were measured at room temperature. The obtained results show that Na3Nd9O3(BO3)(8) may be a potential high-neodymium-content laser crystal for microchip laser application. (C) 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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页码:31 / 35
页数:5
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