Effect of temperature on optical properties and thermal conductivity of vanadate crystals doped with thulium and erbium
| Autor: | Radosław Lisiecki, Piotr Stachowiak, Witold Ryba-Romanowski, Andrzej Jeżowski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Materials science
Mechanical Engineering Doping Metals and Alloys Analytical chemistry chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology Conductivity 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences 010309 optics Erbium Crystal Thermal conductivity Thulium chemistry Mechanics of Materials 0103 physical sciences Materials Chemistry 0210 nano-technology Anisotropy Luminescence |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 710:491-500 |
| ISSN: | 0925-8388 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.03.297 |
| Popis: | Influence of temperature on spectroscopic and thermal properties of Tm 3+ and Er 3+ -doped GdVO 4 and LuVO 4 crystals was examined. Polarized absorption and emission spectra as well as excited state luminescence lifetimes have been measured and analyzed especially at cryogenic temperatures in the 1.5–1.6 μm and 1.8–1.9 μm spectral ranges to assess laser qualities of these materials. The emission cross sections for 4 I 132 → 4 I 15/2 (Er) and 3 F 4 → 3 H 6 (Tm) transitions at T = 77 K were determined and confronted to the results obtained at room temperature. Effective emission cross sections estimated for aforementioned erbium and thulium transitions indicate that effective laser operation at cryogenic temperatures can be achieved in the gadolinium and lutetium vanadate crystals. Efficiency of laser material depends on its ability to heat distribution upon high-power energy pumping process. Accordingly, it has been found that the anisotropy of thermal conductivity for the undoped crystals is weakly influenced by the temperature albeit conductivity values for the GdVO 4 are higher than those for LuVO 4 at all temperatures. Incorporation of erbium or thulium ions results in a decrease of thermal conductivity in the two vanadate crystals and an anomalous temperature dependence of thermal conductivity in the LuVO 4 was observed. Anisotropy of temperature dependence of thermal conductivity was found for the LuVO 4 :3.2 at%Tm 3+ crystal. In this case the thermal conductivity along c-axis is inferior to that along a-axis of the crystal. |
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