P. A. Ryabochkina, N. V. Sidorova, S. N. Ushakov, E. E. Lomonova, “Spectroscopic properties of erbium-doped yttria-stabilised zirconia crystals”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2014, Volume 44, Number 2,Pages <nobr>135

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Spectroscopic properties of erbium-doped yttria-stabilised zirconia crystals

P. A. Ryabochkina^a, N. V. Sidorova^a, S. N. Ushakov^b, E. E. Lomonova^b

^a Ogarev Mordovia State University, Saransk
^b Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: Yttria-stabilised zirconia crystals ZrO₂ – Y₂O₃ (6 mol %) – Er₂O₃ (5.85 mol %) are grown by directional crystallisation in a cold container using direct RF melting. The spectral and luminescent properties of these crystals are studied in order to use them as active media of solid state lasers emitting in the wavelength range 1.5 – 1.7 μm.

Keywords: ZrO₂ – Y₂O₃ – Er₂O₃ crystals, luminescence spectrum, gain cross section.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.70.Hj, 32.50.+d, 78.60.Lc

Received: 11.07.2013
Revised: 07.11.2013