F. A. Bol'shchikov, E. A. Garibin, P. E. Gusev, A. A. Demidenko, M. V. Kruglova, M. A. Krutov, A. A. Lyapin, I. A. Mironov, V. V. Osiko, V. M. Reiterov, P. A. Ryabochkina, N. V. Sakharov, A. N. Smirnov, S. N. Ushakov, P. P. Fedorov, “Nanostructured Tm:CaF<sub>2</sub> ceramics: potential gain media for two micron lasers”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2011, Volume 41, Number 3,Pages <nobr>193

This article is cited in 26 papers

Lasers and laser media

Nanostructured Tm:CaF₂ ceramics: potential gain media for two micron lasers

F. A. Bol'shchikov^a, E. A. Garibin^b, P. E. Gusev^b, A. A. Demidenko^b, M. V. Kruglova^c, M. A. Krutov^b, A. A. Lyapin^a, I. A. Mironov^b, V. V. Osiko^d, V. M. Reiterov^b, P. A. Ryabochkina^a, N. V. Sakharov^c, A. N. Smirnov^b, S. N. Ushakov^d, P. P. Fedorov^d

^a Ogarev Mordovia State University, Saransk
^b INKROM Ltd., St. Petersburg
^c National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
^d Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: Tm:CaF₂ (4 mol % TmF₃) single crystals and ceramic samples have been prepared, the microstructure of the ceramic has been examined by SEM and AFM, and the luminescent properties of the crystals and ceramic have been analysed.

PACS: 81.05.Je, 78.67.Sc, 42.70.Hj, 42.55.Rz, 78.60.Lc

Received: 17.01.2011